The City of Soda Springs is welcoming a new four-legged crime fighter to its police force. Birka, a female German shepherd, has been highly trained to detect drugs and is one of the few canines in ...

The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists recently excavated near modern-day Stockholm.

The Birka archaeological site is located on Björkö Island in Lake Mälar and was occupied in the 9th and 10th centuries. Hovgården is situated on the neighbouring island of Adelsö. Together, they make ...