The Finger Lakes is home to many lakeside towns and wineries that draw in visitors yearly. Spring is known to be one of the ...

When fossilized, the layered microbial structures are known as stromatolites ... Antcliffe and his colleagues found that the oldest convincing animal fossils are sponge spicules found in Iran ...

Feathers ruffled, spattered in fish blood, she touched down on her perch on April 7. Expectant fans from all over the globe rejoiced: Iris, who is the oldest known Osprey alive today, had returned to ...

A landmark scientific study published in the international "Communications Biology" journal revealed the earliest known use of the harmal plant (Peganum harmala), dating back around 2,700 years to the ...

While turtles don’t live extraordinarily long, like tortoises, they can still have impressive lifespans.

The school built in 1877 is believed to be the oldest existing one-room log schoolhouse ... It’s now at its fifth known location after the Jefferson County School District decided to give ...

Known as the “Star Manual of Master Shi,” the document is the oldest surviving star catalog in China. But now, scientists say the map dates to the fourth century B.C.E.—some 250 years ...

Plant lovers across the globe traveled into Washington, D.C., recently to celebrate a 400th birthday of the oldest bonsai tree in North America.