Many a socialite visited Ann Lowe’s Gowns, a salon on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue, in the 1950s. The daughter and granddaughter of African American seamstresses, Lowe designed the wedding dress worn ...

Researchers examined the prevalence of autism among nearly three million people born in Sweden over the past four decades ...

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 as the 19th museum of th ...

Such tools could help scientists track population sizes or recognize aggressive animals that have attacked humans ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammals ...

The popular eating strategy is about as effective as doing nothing to lose weight, according to a review of several clinical trials ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and preservationists are fighting to save it ...

Staffers at a photography shop in England carefully developed the negatives, which depict a ski trip in the Swiss Alps. Now, they're searching for clues to help identify the people pictured ...

Brian D. Scanlan is writing a book on the history of the Ellis Island hospital. His work has appeared in the New York Times, America magazine, northjersey.com and other publications.

Her role as a historic hero or villain depends on the movement in question, but looking at her as a mother and daughter adds depth to her legend ...