A graphic history of the community displaced for the vast public park in 1857.

In the third episode of our new podcast Horizon Line, we recount the tale of the man whose personal Everest was, well, Mount Everest.

Weird tree shapes, specific plants, and other clues help environmental researchers spot where woods once were.

“This solar shadow is at once the measure of time and the symbol of life.”

Among other things, the packages contained old tea leaves, underwear, and dirt.

Marie Wilcox has created a dictionary to protect Wukchumni from extinction.

Since 2011, drought and pestilence have killed more than 100 million trees in California. What does that mean for the fate of the world’s largest tree, the giant sequoia?

An alligator snapping turtle got himself into a predicament.

Artist Yulier Rodriguez is filling Cuba's capital with melancholic alien creatures.

Book lovers and collectors feared becoming a victim of the pseudo-illness.

The books helped women keep track of—and review—their suitors.

These public health trailers also teach you about the dangers of crossing the street and germs.

The self-styled prophet Brother XII may have left behind $6 million in gold coins.

The former astronaut fell ill.

Meet Wayne Munn.

In the market for rare aquarium fish? Head to Thailand.

The city is full of fossils.

The answer is: they literally sucked.