Tour a distillery in the Mexican town of Tequila, and discover how distillers use centuries-old traditions to make the town's famous namesake drink.

The last vestiges of the former Yugoslavia vanished today, as people in Montenegro voted narrowly to split from neighboring Serbia, according to early poll results.

Analysis of ancient human skulls from the Neolithic period shows that Britain was once a brutal place to live.

The two species' ancestors may have interbred and produced hybrid offspring, complicating and prolonging the evolutionary split, a new study says.

Thirty-three monkeys that were once on sale in an African meat market are now safe in their new homes at zoos around the U.S.

Fears of attacks on ancient sculptures such as the Sphinx are on the rise now that the country's top Islamic authority has condemned statues.

Nebraska's Ashfall Fossil Beds contain hundreds of skeletons of extinct rhinos, camels, three-toed horses, and other animals that were killed by a huge volcanic eruption 12 million years ago.

Who should get the limited vaccine in the event of a bird flu pandemic? A new study of bioethics flips the existing model on its head.

See what a rebuilt New Orleans might look like with these bold new visions for turning the hurricane-wracked town into a city of the future.

Join tourists as they travel on the luxurious American Orient Express, the modern-day train that's a destination in itself.

Homosexual women respond differently than straight women when exposed to suspected sexual chemicals, according to a new study.

Carved from volcanic rock, the rare 1,500-year-old box has vanished from a rain forest cave.

Explore the dramatic Mexican battle the day commemorates, and learn why it's one of the fastest-growing holidays in the U.S.

Learn how this colorful Indian region became home to one of the world's most unique blends of Eastern and Western cultures.

Warming and acid rain caused by extensive volcanic activity might be the prime suspects in a quarter-billion-year-old whodunit, according to a new book.