Slave traders would sometimes fling their human cargo overboard when they saw the squadron's ship approach, rather than have their own ships seized.

There are 26 species of megabats in the Philippines, but the giant golden-crowned flying fox is the biggest of them all.

Using LiDAR technology, researchers found the network buried deep beneath the modern town of Acre, which was a Knights Templar stronghold for about 100 ye...

The text of the U.S. Constitution makes no mention of God, Jesus Christ, or Christianity.

Semion Mogilevich's global weapons and drug trafficking, prostitution, and contract killings saw him on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list — alongsi...

We all know the standard fare for American history. But where did the first--and hopefully last--US trial against tomatoes take place?

The gold nugget weighs more than a golf ball.

On this episode of History Uncovered, go inside the very moment when the Titanic struck ice in the North Atlantic on April 14, 1912.

American actor best known for roles in TV shows Taxi, Who's the Boss, The Good Cop and film Angels in the Outfield. In a 1983 book he said "I'm...

Thousands died — more than half of them civilians.