Elvis Cortés Hernández grabs his lunch and sits down with his friends. We’re at the General Lázaro Cárdenas school in Ajalpan, deep in the heart of Mexico’s Puebla province and the ten–year–old is chatting about the school’s vegetable garden, one element of its progressive food policy. “I like to eat in the school dining room because they give me carrots, [...]

Where would you find the world’s largest recreation center and the most natural supermarket? Forests wouldn’t have been your first answer, would it? That’s the thing about forests. They keep secrets.

A digital-savvy historian discusses his popular @HistOpinion Twitter account

Pizza and pasta are pretty obviously out, but what are the other no-nos?

A new biography explores the remarkable feats of Virginia Hall, a disabled secret agent determined to play her part in the fight against the Nazis

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Two sites preserve around 50 footprints, a discovery that highlights the richness of prehistoric life on the island

But will that keep susceptible populations safe?

The extent of the toy’s durability came as a 'surprise' to researchers behind a new study

Delaying the Games for a year is considered by many to be the best course of action for public health

In its first year, the class attracted more than 1,200 students. The online version is abbreviated, but free

A recent excavation located the first physical evidence of the capital of the Maya kingdom of Sak Tz'i', founded in 750 B.C.

The liquid inside is 3 percent alcohol by volume—and contains 0.13 milligrams of lead per liter

Illustrators are sharing artwork of Amabie, a spirit first popularized during the Edo period, on social media

Thieves pilfered "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884" from the Singer Laren in the early hours of Monday morning

Despite the name, moon won’t have a rosy hue. The name alludes to flowers that bloom in April

Hailing from all over Australia, the spiders were identified by a scientist who used to fear them

Traces of lead pollution frozen in a glacier confirm that British lead production waned just before the death of Thomas Becket

New research suggests the civilization used huge enclosures to trap and stockpile live fish to support its complex society

Mary Pearson, who was briefly engaged to the writer's brother, may be the real-life counterpart of Lydia Bennet from "Pride and Prejudice"

Biologist Tagide deCarvalho created this award-winning image of the tardigrade using fluorescent stains

These cliques wear pink every day of the week

Major League Baseball players and team employees to participate in 10,000-person COVID-19 study

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The crustaceans' guts pulverize plastics into tiny bits that can be consumed by even smaller creatures at the base of the ocean food chain

Canine-equid pairs can mimic each other’s facial expressions during play, which has never been seen between animals of different species

The researchers gathered data from 166 surveys of insect abundance around the world, mostly conducted since the 1980s

Nearly 2,000 years ago, women who rode horseback and practiced archery may have roamed the steppes of Mongolia

Its paddle-like tail, unearthed in Morocco, suggests the Cretaceous carnivore ventured into the water to hunt

The Catholic Church's actions during World War II have long been a matter of historical debate

The Met has revamped its British Galleries, drawing on luxurious artifacts to highlight the country's history of exploitation

Do some armchair traveling and see the breathtaking vistas of all 50 states while learning about their histories

Steeds who made headlines for winning races now get to enjoy their final years at a slower pace

Modified hospital designs have become necessary as the first wave of the pandemic tears through U.S. communities

Find the capital cities, working from a list of state names

A caver climbs a nylon rope the exit a moulin on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

This jumping spider was personable and very easy to photograph as it was willing to sit still, facing me.

A macro depiction of a beetle called Epilachna chrysomelina

A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race

The hair-care magnate at the center of the new Netflix series 'Self Made' left her imprint on the city where she launched her career

A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever

During his 20-year professional career, his boisterous style endeared him to fans but rankled traditionalists

The Kent State shootings further widened the chasm among a citizenry divided over the Vietnam War