These parks are less popular, but no less spectacular

Ancient trees are disappearing from protected national forests around the world. A look inside $100 billion market for stolen wood

How the beloved figure has become a lightning rod in a heated environmental debate

A digital-savvy historian discusses his popular @HistOpinion Twitter account

The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong

The National Cherry Blossom Festival has moved online due to the novel coronavirus pandemic

Harjo, a member of the Muskogee Creek Nation, says the appointment "honors the place of Native people in this country, the place of Native people’s poetry"

In 2011, declassified CIA documents shed light on a covert government program dating back to WWII

The British Navy knew it couldn't completely disguise a ship to protect it from attack during WWI. So they turned to 'Dazzle Painting'

Bombing ground targets from the air is tricky and not always accurate. But a new type of bomb creates an unimaginable level of destruction

The USS Silversides is patrolling the Pacific during WWII when it finds itself in a terrifying situation: one of its torpedoes has jammed

After the Napoleonic Wars caused a shortage of British Oak, frigate builders looked all over the empire for an alternative. They found one in India

The USS Barb had an unusual target in its sights in 1945 - one that wasn't even in the water. It was a Japanese supply train on the island of Karafuto

It's June 1945 and the USS Barb has just launched an unprecedented attack on the factories of the Japanese island of Shari

On February 9, 1945, two submarines are poised to engage in a direct, underwater confrontation. It's the first - and only - underwater submarine dog fight