This is the story of Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise who reportedly lived for over 250 years, outlasting the empire that brought him to India and surviving well into the internet age.

Imagine buying a piece of rusty military history on eBay, only to discover it contained a fortune that could change your life forever.

Standing 13.5 meters (44 feet) tall and stretching 26.59 meters (87.2 feet) in length, a machine exists that rivals the size of an apartment building.

In 1952, the State of Israel found itself without a head of state following the death of its first president.

On March 4, 1865, the United States stood on the precipice of peace. As Abraham Lincoln prepared for his second inauguration, the atmosphere inside the Senate Chamber was heavy with historical significance.

In the vast, isolated landscapes of Australia, a ruthless campaign unfolds every single night, resulting in the death of five million native animals daily.

In 1964, physicians at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) delivered a catastrophic prognosis to a mother named Florence “Rusty” Tullis.

Visitors arriving at Slab City find a desert community unlike any other. The land once held a World War Two artillery training base.

In the late nineteenth century a small release of European rabbits in Victoria grew into one of the most rapid animal spreads ever recorded.

For decades visitors enjoyed the Greenbrier without knowing that a classified facility lay beneath their feet.