One summer afternoon in Père Lachaise, the sprawling cemetery in the east of Paris, a white-haired man, neatly dressed, was tending his own grave. First, he brushed away a spider web that had formed ...

Blending mixed media drawings and photography, “Speaking for the Trees” celebrates the beauty, resilience, and ecological ...

Folklore and natural history are dotted with inexplicable phenomena, but few are as distinct and widely documented as The ...

Financial stability risks remain elevated amid stretched asset valuations, sovereign bond market pressures, and rising influence of nonbank financial institutions. Structural changes in foreign ...

During the Civil War, Congress passed the 1864 Yosemite Act, which designated the Valley and the Mariposa Grove as the first federally authorized park. (These areas would be held in trust by the state ...