With so many bodies in the Thames, some were found as far south as Erith. For many, what killed them was not the water, but ...

What if an earthquake struck so violently that it wiped out entire regions? In 1556, that’s exactly what happened in China.

On the morning of April 16, 1947, a cataclysmic event like America had never seen before or since shook the people of Texas ...

The Supreme Court described the result as "unprecedented devastation to the marine environment of Sri Lanka," citing the deaths of 417 turtles, 48 dolphins, eight whales, and countless fish that ...

A local nonprofit is restoring a historic boat into a pirate ship for ill children on Lake Perry. The boat, formerly the ...

The Lady Elgin didn’t pull away from a Chicago River dock until just before midnight on a late summer day 160 years ago. Passengers were reluctant to head out on the side-wheeler that had brought them ...

Libya’s coast guard fired on European rescue ship Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean, causing major damage and raising ...

Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the ...

They may be on opposite sides of the political aisle, but they remain friends who discuss N.J.'s and the country's most ...

A petition and fundraiser are gaining publicity to save the SS United States, but no changes are possible for the ship's fate ...

A rich and extensive history of legendary wars and the rise and fall of several civilizations can be found in Honkai Star ...

The letter comes in the middle of a hurricane season that NOAA expects to be above-normal, and just a month after deadly floods in Texas killed at least 135 people, including 37 children. Experts say ...