The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

Discover the force of an old Germanic language! This course takes you to the period from the Viking incursions c. year 800 to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. You will learn the basics of ...

Northern Arizona is famous for its aspen trees, and a multi-decade study looks into how they’re being affected by climate change. Among the findings: There are a good number of smaller, younger aspens ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

The tree is thought to be about 100 years old Residents of a Cornish village have been cut off after a massive tree that came down in strong winds blocked the only road in and out. The tree ...

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to one of the largest and richest plant collections in the world. It was closed on Friday during the storm so nobody was injured by the falling trees.

Pic: Met Office Image: Weather warning for wind on Tuesday. Pic: Met Office Teenager dies after tree fell on his car A 19-year-old man has died after his car was struck by a falling tree in ...

An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...

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The message in every instance has been the old cautionary tale: by embracing radical change and by abandoning its political traditions and norms, America is courting social and political disaster. In ...