The Byzantine Empire is known for many things, however, not many people know the unusual life journeys of some of its ...

Recently, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listed both the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal as endangered. This article explains how this topic ties into the bigger issue of the ...

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The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife says.

In 1815, Napoleon escaped exile on Elba and landed in France to reclaim his empire. Marching through France and drawing thousands to his side, support swelled, and King Louis XVIII fled in fear.

It was the winter of A.D. 210, and the Roman emperor Septimius Severus lay dying. He had been in Britain since 208, overseeing a series of merciless campaigns into present-day Scotland. Roman armies ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica ...

As a child, one of my favorite things to read was fables. Whether it was the Aesop’s, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Lion and the Mouse, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, or one of his many others, I read and ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...