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The 15th through 21st centuries
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Colonel Patterson first Tsavo Lion

Man-Eaters of Tsavo

They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were vilified more than 100 years ago as the man-eaters of Tsavo
January 2010 | By Paul Raffaele

Almira Jackson quilt

A Spectacular Collection of Native American Quilts

Tribes from the Great Plains used quilts as both a practical replacement of buffalo robes and a storytelling device
January 2010 | By Owen Edwards

Tai Shan playing in the snow

Tai Shan Will Return to China

The panda who has the distinction of being the first surviving cub born at the National Zoo will be returning to China
December 04, 2009 | By Jesse Rhodes

Baltimore street rats

Crawling Around with Baltimore Street Rats

The “urban ecosystem” serves as a research lab for scientist Gregory Glass, who studies the lives of the Charm City’s rats
November 18, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Man Ray

Man Ray’s Signature Work

Artist Man Ray mischievously scribbled his name in a famous photograph, but it took decades for the gesture to be discovered
November 10, 2009 | By Abby Callard

Kareem and Haneen Sesame Street

Meet Sesame Street's Global Cast of Characters

Over the course of the 40 years that the program has been on the air, Sesame Street has spawned versions in countries around the world
November 06, 2009 | By Abby Callard

Lower Congo River

Evolution in the Deepest River in the World

New species are born in the turbulence of the Congo River
November 03, 2009 | By Kyle Dickman

Jackson Pollock 1943 Mural

Decoding Jackson Pollock

Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural?
November 2009 | By Henry Adams

Worthington Minnesota

From Brooklyn to Worthington, Minnesota

Novelist Tim O'Brien revisits his past to come to terms with his rural hometown
November 2009 | By Tim O'Brien

John Marshall filming

Recording the Ju/'hoansi for Posterity

For 50 years, John Marshall documented one of Africa's last remaining hunter- gatherer tribes in more than 700 hours of film footage
November 2009 | By Amanda Bensen

Researchers in Worcester

Invasion of the Longhorn Beetles

In Worcester, Massachusetts, authorities are battling an invasive insect that is poised to devastate the forests of New England
November 2009 | By Peter Alsop

Ansel Adams Sunrise Death Valley

Ansel Adams in Color

As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white
November 2009 | By Richard B. Woodward

Henry Clay portrait

The Rescue of Henry Clay

A long-lost painting of the Senate's Great Compromiser finds a fitting new home in the halls of the U.S. Capitol
November 2009 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Arlington Cemetery

How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be

The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades
November 2009 | By Robert M. Poole

Journal entry janice lowry

Drawn From Life

Artist Janice Lowry's illustrated diaries record her history—and ours
November 2009 | By Owen Edwards

Family on the Internet

Home Sweet Homepage

Why surf the Web when you can live there?
November 2009 | By Bob Brody

Lytton Strachey

Historical Laughter

Those who don't have power tend to make fun of those who do. But what happens when the power shifts?
November 2009 | By Lance Morrow

Dogon region villager with ritual figures

Looting Mali's History

As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers
November 2009 | By Joshua Hammer

Randy Olson Flock of Dodos

Are Scientists or Moviemakers the Bigger Dodos?

Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science
October 30, 2009 | By Abby Callard

The Freemark Abbey

The Ghost Wineries of Napa Valley

In the peaks and valleys of California’s wine country, vinters remember the region’s rich history and rebuild for the future
October 27, 2009 | By Matt Kettmann


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