By the mid-1800s, much of New England had been stripped of the forests that had once blanketed the region. Centuries of logging, expanding farms and growing settlements transformed vast woodlands into...
For generations, Lake Victoria supported one of the world’s richest freshwater ecosystems. Beneath its surface lived hundreds of species of cichlid fish, many found nowhere else on Earth. These small,...
Napoleon Bonaparte (Image: Wikipedia) Napoleon Bonaparte won some of the most famous battles ever fought. He conquered much of Europe and built an empire. So it is striking that when he talked about v...
By the beginning of the 15th century, China possessed the most formidable navy that had ever existed. This fleet, known as the Treasure Fleet, was under the command of Admiral Zheng He and made journe...
Frank Fournier’s photograph of Omayra Sánchez Garzón/ Wikipedia The image of 13-year-old Omayra Sánchez Garzón, her face emerging from volcanic mud, dark bloodshot eyes fixed on the camera, has ...