Rumors of an impossible fish with a thick coat of white animal hair swimming in freezing North American waters circulated widely during the early 20th century.

In 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old high priest from Syria ascended to the most powerful position in the ancient world.

In the winter of 1997, a phone call to a late-night radio program sparked an urban legend that gripped audiences across the United States.

In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the United States government authorized a highly classified intelligence program operating deep within the National Security Agency.

For decades, an eerie 12-inch, or 30.5-centimeter, figure lay inside a wooden box at the Enjuin temple in Japan.

Millions of liters of brightly colored fruit and vegetable juice suddenly surged through their streets, turning a standard Tuesday morning into an unprecedented infrastructural event.

Deep in the highlands of West Java, Indonesia, a colossal structure composed of volcanic rock rests atop an extinct volcano and sits at the center of a major scientific dispute.

John P. O’Neill served as an elite special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, dedicating his career to understanding and hunting the very network that was planning the most devastating attack in American history.

Deep in the oceans, a tiny organism possesses a biological ability that defies the natural aging process.

On January 19, 2004, Vermont Governor Howard Dean stepped onto a stage at the Val-Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa.