Over the past few years, art historians have identified several previously unknown paintings by Elizabeth I's favorite artist ...

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Players from the University of Sydney and McGill University grapple over the quaffle during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Richard Ellis/Demotix/Corbis France just beat ...

In Soweto, an unlikely champion offers lessons in riding and in life Wearing his national title show jumping jacket, Mafokate checks the reins before mounting his horse at a local competition in the ...

Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing remarkable signs of genetic recovery ...

At the time, athletes received silver medals for winning first place. The Olympics didn't introduce gold medals until 1904 ...

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Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

Elizabeth Goldring is an art historian at the University of Warwick in England. Her latest book, Holbein: Renaissance Master, was published in January by Yale University Press and the Paul Mellon ...

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The Surrealist artist created the massive piece for a production called "Bacchanale." It's expected to fetch up to $348,000 ...

Brazil’s Pantanal region has the highest jaguar density on Earth, drawing camera-toting visitors to its riverbanks. Despite ...