Need a conversation starter? These fun, niche facts (from Cleopatra's timeline to chainsaws' surprising origin) will make you ...

If visiting an urban area, plan time to visit its downtown parks. There, travelers can get a feel of the city’s vibe, as ...

TODAY is Monday, October 7, the 280th day of 2013. There are 85 days left in the year. 1571 - A combined Austrian, Genoese and Venetian fleet decisively defeats the Turks off Lepanto, Greece. The ...

It’s a brave soul who would play pot luck with Netflix’s film selection: you could easily wind up with a particularly tatty ...

Kimberly Guilfoyle, former California prosecutor and Trump ally, has become the first female U.S. ambassador to Greece.

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

Visitors gathered on Tuesday (November 4) around the golden mask of King Tutankhamun at Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as the long-awaited Tutankhamun Gallery opens to the public for the first ...

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Zoo New York is seeing a skyrocket in donations from around the world after a New York Times ...

Three people were arrested Monday after police in Greece pursued a stolen vehicle that had been flagged by the department’s license plate reader system, officials said.

The New England cottontail is a vulnerable species. The zoo is doing its best to breed more of them. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find out how rabbits that were bred and ...

Got room for one more? A wild but “very polite” black bear stumbled his way into a California zoo and paid a visit to his three local counterparts, peeking into their habitat from the spectator’s row.

A seemingly excited western lowland gorilla was striking a viewing window in his enclosure so hard the protective glass cracked. Video from the San Diego Zoo shows visitors getting a scare Saturday ...