All over the world, researchers are trying to better understand a world in constant flux and to prevent species from extinction as they battle for survival.

In nineteenth-century American women's magazines, Native American women were depicted as attractive, desirable, and pious.

Ironically, it was movies that helped accustom American viewers to television in the first place, writes Richard Koszarski.

Artist Glenn Ligon grounds his work in American history, addressing the inextricable link between history of slavery and the black experience in the U.S.

Modern pianos are the product of a 600-year evolution—from Hermann Poll's 1397 clavicembalum, to clavichords, harpsichords, and the modern grand piano.

What's behind the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar in which the minority Rohingya people are being violently driven out of the country?

The southern resident killer whales of the northeast Pacific are in trouble. As habitats and food dwindle, they increasingly miscarry and lose their babies.

The integration of collegiate and professional sports parallels the civil rights movement, but in important ways it was a whole different track.

The phrase "Silicon Valley" conjures images of a crowded mini-metropolis in California, and a barrage of familiar Western brands. That's about to change.

As historian Déborah Berman Santana writes, the US is very much responsible for molding Puerto Rico’s economy to begin with.