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More than 45,000 years ago, these porky foragers inspired the earliest known non-abstract art.

These scrappy and squat high-elevation trees can live for thousands of years without seeming to age.

Author Christopher Cokinos can’t get enough of the moon.

They will not be shushed.

As their name suggests, these small birds provide critical cleaning services to oxen, impala and other animals of the savanna—with a side hustle as rhino guards.

From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.”

Beware the foreshadow of a darkened sky.

More than 20 species of these winged mammals construct tiny leaf homes with climate control and built-in security alarms.

This fall, we're offering a stunning, all-new guide to the world's living wonders.

An Aboriginal woman from northwest Tasmania, Tarenorerer became one of the war's most feared soldiers.

Two Victorian academics believed they saw Marie Antoinette at Versailles.

Paige Lipari, founder of Archestratus, is changing the world one potluck at a time.

From wild page-turners of the eclipse-obsessed to a gentle children’s book for all ages.

The daughter, sister, and aunt of emperors, Gulbadan Begum wrote of a Mughal Empire few witnessed.

Fanfiction enthusiasts are learning “1,000 hobbies in a trench coat” to make gorgeous physical artifacts of their passions.

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