Given his or her popular nickname, can you name these noteworthy Americans?
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Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea
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New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World
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Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large tree
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Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalism
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Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense bidding battle at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday
