Skilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered opportunist only interested in tapping the ...

In the 19th century, biology, physics, chemistry, archaeology, geology, geography, and paleontology took off like a rocket, as did social fields like psychology and anthropology. Unfortunately, many ...

Trudging through the dark with a dim lantern, a remarkable black man named Stephen Bishop tirelessly explored the world's largest cave system.

In the end, in the dark, it all came down to three things — experience, good judgment in the face of uncertainty, and penguin ...

The perilous catastrophes of one of historys most epic adventures the lost voyage of Columbus The thrilling stories of men like Hudson Ribault and Bering who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown ...