During the Jaws era, the Carcharodon carcharias was known as the great white shark. Taxonomists had a problem with this ...

Great white sharks are making their way up toward New Hampshire beaches as the peak of summer nears, and researchers are tracking their increasing numbers.

Trump’s re-election reveals us to be a people who, for all our star-spangled self-regard, share the world’s damnable wish for kings and strongmen.

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A 4-year-old boy and his 68-year-old great-grandmother were fatally injured in a farming accident in Redding Township, Ind.

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.

The iconic American artist's connection to Kuerner Farm, the subject of a traveling show in North Carolina, was haunted by death.

In the first interview about his new book The City and its Uncertain Walls, the celebrated author also talks with NPR about his age and finding beauty in isolation.

I believe great leaders are made in the moments that matter—the little moments in time that form and influence what a person stands for and who they are personally and professionally. When it ...

A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh water.