Over his five-decade-plus career, the "Strega Nona" author contributed to more than 270 books

The Internet Archive describes the downloadable collection of more than one million books as a library, but critics call it piracy

New research details the first forensic investigation of the Sylt concentration camp, located on the Channel Island of Alderney, since the end of WWII

Female dolphins, it seems, aren’t immune to the allure of a harmonizing boy band

The bright blue pigment that adorns the Bust of Nefertiti’s crown can now be used to study molecular biology

New calculations show that the ring of light surrounding a black hole is actually made up of infinite subrings that can’t be seen with current technology

Traces of lead pollution frozen in a glacier confirm that British lead production waned just before the death of Thomas Becket

New research suggests the civilization used huge enclosures to trap and stockpile live fish to support its complex society

The worms are 283-times more abundant than they were in the 1970s, which might be a sign of healthy marine ecosystems

Angry historians say the stretch of concrete was one of the largest remaining sections of the inner wall

This is the story behind the breads you might be baking in lockdown

Audible's new service is aimed at school-age children participating in distance learning but features selections likely to appeal to all

Visitors can get up close and personal with augmented reality versions of historic globes recently digitized by the British Library

A treasure trove of new fossils unearthed in Australia reveals some raunchily-positioned bugs

The CDC recommends wearing a fabric mask in public where social distancing is difficult, like at the grocery store

The classically trained actor is reading a sonnet a day on Instagram

The story of two bored art lovers who found a way to "a-mouse" themselves

Researchers found that almost half of the mountain lions they tested showed signs of plague infection

Nuclear bomb tests caused a spike in a radioactive form of carbon that accumulated in living things

Starved of resources, these hardy bacteria still eke out a living, suggesting life forms could survive in the harsh habitats on other planets

Nadia, a four-year-old Malayan tiger, is the first known animal to test positive for coronavirus in the United States

The show ran for just five days before the London museum closed due to COVID-19

The severity of this year's bleaching is second only to 2016, during which a third of the reef’s corals died

Ceramics artist Eny Lee Parker hosted a contest that asked quarantined creators to imagine their ideal rooms

The art within Shing Yin Khor's virtual world represents a sassy response to the game's built-in natural history museum

Select Andrew Lloyd Webber productions will stream on YouTube for 48 hours at a time

The bidet-like suite of devices detects abnormalities in feces that could flag signs of certain cancers

A new analysis of ancient ostrich eggs at the British Museum underscores the interconnectedness of the ancient world

With many zoos and aquariums closed to the public, keepers let animals roam empty hallways to meet their neighbors

In the wild, only about one in 20 caterpillars grows up to be a butterfly

Biologist Tagide deCarvalho created this award-winning image of the tardigrade using fluorescent stains

New research indicates that Iron Age Britons venerated brown hares and chickens long before modern Easter celebrations

New scans suggest unhatched dinosaurs reabsorbed a set of teeth during development

The children's book author and illustrator purchased the repurposed World War II vessel in 1967

Sourdough librarian Karl De Smedt has traveled the world to gather more than 120 jars of starters

A star 100-times more massive than the sun exploded with 10-times more energy than a normal-sized supernova

Some 50 artists around the Prenzlauer Berg district displayed works of art for passersby to enjoy

Doctors and nurses are attaching smiling photos of themselves to the outside of their protective gear to maintain connections with patients

Buyers can ask for a mix of their favorite genre or seek booksellers’ recommendations

The creator behind the reptilian repertoire hopes many more pet museums are in the works

Major League Baseball players and team employees to participate in 10,000-person COVID-19 study

Closed due to COVID-19, the Museum Hotel Antakya looks forward to welcoming guests with its blend of luxury and history once restrictions are lifted

"Occupy White Walls" allows players to design their own art galleries—and explore others' out-of-the-box creations

Research suggests bronze blades, thought by some to be too fragile for combat, were deadly weapons across ancient Europe

The purplish-blue pigment, derived from a Portuguese fruit, fell out of use by the 19th century

The prickly perch is an exciting sign of success for the birds, which came off the endangered species list in 2007

The nearly 2,800-mile-long walking route runs all the way around the English coast

We’re really, really sorry

The crustaceans' guts pulverize plastics into tiny bits that can be consumed by even smaller creatures at the base of the ocean food chain

Study suggests alleged exoplanet may have been a cloud of asteroid debris