Few plants have as many names as this one. Bought primarily during the holidays, poinsettias are one of the most popular ...

There are documented incidences where orcas have preyed on other shark species, including great whites. In 2022, scientists ...

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the ...

Scientists have for the first time seen orcas hunting whale sharks, the biggest fish on the planet, new research has revealed ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...

In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor ...

A turquoise-encrusted mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec fire god, symbolises renewal and is showcased at the British Museum.

Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a ...

For the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, a three-day feast in the autumn of 1621 was a thanksgiving for a successful ...

Beneath the Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico, the remains of 2,000-year-old flower offerings were discovered within an ...