The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.

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Its origin is a mystery, but the Peggy Martin rose weathered weeks underwater after one of America’s most devastating storms.

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The Himalayas of northwestern Bhutan are peaks of such otherworldly beauty, locals believe them to be home to spirits. In the ...

In the late 1800s archaeologists pinpointed the location of Taxila, one of the greatest religious and cultural sites on the ...

Goose-beaked whales hold the record for the deepest dive of any mammal. Researchers want to learn their secrets to develop ...

Mexico's $30 billion Tren Maya railway was built to unite the country and honor ancient Maya sites. Now that it’s up and ...

This region is also arguably home to the best section of the 117-mile Fife Coastal Path, and a train link from Edinburgh to ...

For a less-crowded alternative to Cancún and Tulum, consider Bacalar for its Maya ruins, historic fort, colorful downtown, ...

A hundred years prior, American cartoonist Winsor McCay made cheese the antagonist of his early turn-of-the-century comic ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s ...