Researchers discovered the copy of the 1,300-year-old poem lurking inside a historical text in an Italian library There’s no record of Caedmon jotting the poem down himself—but records of it can be ...

A long-lost manuscript discovered in Rome has revealed one of the oldest surviving versions of the very first known poem written in English. Hidden for decades and once believed lost, the ...

When she is sad, she puts on her favorite red flats and imagines herself as a fish. She will sit in the bathtub and examine the light reflecting off her shoes and pretend that the splotches of dye on ...

We asked ten literary experts to recommend the climate poem that has spoken to them most powerfully. Their answers span over 200 years and a range of emotions from sorrow, to anger, fear and hope.

A new elephant calf makes her debut at the National Zoo on Tuesday, in celebration of Earth Day! The Asian elephant, Linh Mai, is the first one born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Linh Mai was born in ...

An older female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo is raising the herd's newest addition – a 2-month-old calf – after the baby was rejected by her mother. The National Zoo confirmed the ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history is defined by the ability to move across large distances and exchange ...

Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection’s July slate. From the legendary late auteur David Lynch ...

Go behind the scenes of episode two of “Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti,” as the team captures the historic release of the oldest herd back into the wild. From emotional reunions to filming ...

An artistic rendering of the successfully hunted straight-tusked elephant, which would have been an incredible source of food for Neanderthals Tom Björklund, Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage ...