Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

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Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton fulfilled his dream to purchase the Waldorf-Astoria in 1949. He called the luxury hotel on Park ...

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Gaudí, nicknamed "God's architect," was declared "venerable" by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to ...

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Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Historical accounts of vast ocean waters glowing in the dark go back hundreds of years, and researchers are still trying to ...

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Created in the Grotesque style, the 16th-century images—revealed by renovations at a lodge in England—mimic historic textile ...

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...