We tend to lump all mammoths together as big, hairy elephant-like beasts with enormous tusks. But there were a number of mammoth species, including less furry ones that inhabited temperate regions.

Immigration and intermarriage are helping the D.C. region become more diverse, experts said. According to a WTOP analysis of recent census data, neighborhoods across D.C., Maryland and Virginia are ...

The back-to-back hurricanes destroyed a small patch of corn that helped Tomasa Mendoza feed her five children in a tiny hamlet nestled in the impoverished mountains of eastern Guatemala.

The very first people to set foot in South America belonged to a previously unknown group of hunter-gatherers that later disappeared without a trace, a new study suggests. Initially crossing the land ...

More and more immigrants from the Latin Americas and Asia are calling the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia region home. But a majority of that population aren’t U.S. citizens, according to recently released ...