Uncover the ancient mystery of the squirting cucumber's explosive seed dispersal. Discover the plant's sophisticated fluid redistribution system.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...

The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ancient Greece.

Is synchronised peeing a 'thing' and could there be a benefit to it... We shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, our ...

Alexander the Great brought bananas, parakeets, cotton, and sugar from India to Europe, as well as crucifixion from Persia.

Volcanic wines are those which don’t pander, don’t flatter, and don’t care if you like them, says Douglas Blyde — they’re the ...

But here, too, the ancients advised caution. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder told of a time when there was no shortage of ...

Pliny the Elder describes how the Romans built large facilities to house exotic birds, which were admired both for their song and their plumage. The presence of birds of prey and non-domesticable ...

About 2,000 years ago, building on earlier ideas, Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder subdivided the world into Europe, Asia and Africa. The word “continent” comes from the Latin terra continens ...

Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the waves have shaped our world.