The story of the 'Swiss village' in Newport is a surreal journey that spans architectural splendour, philanthropy and genetic ...

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

It’s early fall on a shallow stretch of the Rideau River in Ottawa, a few hundred metres below Hog’s Back Falls. That’s the point where the Rideau Canal splits off from the once-natural waterway it ...

Tucked away on Bird Road in Miami, Frankie’s Pizza stands as a testament to the power of simplicity, consistency, and the pure joy of a perfectly executed cheese pizza that will haunt your dreams in ...

Frankie’s Pizza in Miami is exactly that kind of treasure – an unassuming spot that has perfected the art of pizza-making to such a degree that locals will fight you if you suggest there’s better ...

Watch the video to see the tragic reason the dodo birds went extinct!

A family found a rare corn crake hiding out in a hot tub on a cruise ship and cared for the bird until they could get it to a ...

A Shoebill, a large, rare stork-like bird, landed on a tourist boat in Mabamba Bay, Uganda, creating a sight to see.

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare red-and-green beauty prized by birders across Southern Arizona.

Birders are going cuckoo for a rare sight on Long Island. The common cuckoo bird has been spotted only four times in U.S. history in the lower 48 states, experts say. Now, it's in Riverhead. Hundreds ...

Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more ...