This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

Edward Woodliff opened a successful barbershop in a hotel in downtown Macon in 1832. He opened other shops and later became the first black alderman for Macon.

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...

Explore the intriguing findings from the Maszycka Cave in Poland. Discover the evidence of ancient humans being consumed by ...

The older stands are blue magenta. Everything that’s younger is yellows or oranges or light greens. You can color it any way ...

Madagascar owes its name to Marco Polo. The famous traveler heard about the island during his wanderings in Africa. The name ...

New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the major ...