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From an "awkward" smiling frog to embarrassing owl parents, this year's winners of the entertaining annual competition won't let you down ...

An estimated 28 probable graves were identified at the seventh American president's former property, called the Hermitage ...

Many residents of Bend love the illicit adornments, which they say are sparking joy and driving engagement with public art ...

"Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books" spotlights more than 100 texts written (or invented) by the likes of Shakespeare, Byron and Hemingway ...

The magazine's most-read articles of the year included a close-up look at the adorable yet venomous pygmy slow loris, a profile of a little-known 20th-century street photographer and a majestic journey with divers into Mexico's underwater caves ...

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant's decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years ...

An exhibition in Brooklyn examines gold's ubiquitous appeal across thousands of years through art, artifacts, paintings, sculptures and fashion ...

Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore last summer, researchers have made new discoveries--including that the animal had nine stomach chambers and vestigial teeth ...

The torso of the bronze sculpture depicting Septimius Severus was repatriated last year, and a Copenhagen museum has now agreed to return the head ...

New research indicates early humans and canines were interacting in the Americas 2,000 years earlier than previously thought ...