At fifty-five, Henry Worsley began a solitary trek that became a singular test of character.

The first chapter of David Grann’s best-selling book, later adapted as a movie directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals...

At fifty-five, Henry Worsley began a solitary trek that became a singular test of character.

The giant squid has taken on a near-mythical status for generations of sailors, explorers, and writers. How could something so big remain unseen—or be less understood than dinosaurs?

New masterpiece from the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z is as much about literature as adventure

The former Marine Corps general spent four decades on the front lines. How will he lead the Department of Defense?

A shattering history of oil greed, racism and serial murder targeting the Osage Indians is uncovered.

An excavation found 11 coffins in Oaklawn Cemetery, but painstaking work will be required to identify whether the remains are from Black victims of the 1921 race massacre.

Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he’s the “embodiment of the American dream.” But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.

On our isolated commune, we kids were taught that the world was about to end. But my world ended when I was told to leave.

A Madrid workshop is perfecting the art of facsimile—from Egyptian tombs to Renaissance paintings. Is replication the future of preservation?

A British warship set out in pursuit of a Spanish treasure, but its crew found itself on a journey into a calamity that became maritime legend.

The polar explorer Louis Rudd will attempt to complete the solo trek that killed Worsley, his close friend, in 2016.

A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people....

A shattering history of oil greed, racism and serial murder targeting the Osage Indians is uncovered.

In melting Greenland, scientists detect a pulse of water and ice the size of 18,000 Empire State Buildings.

The facts behind a new film offer crucial lessons about American history. Why aren’t students in Oklahoma learning about this story in school?

Hersey pioneered a radically new form of journalism. But he grew convinced that his higher calling was fiction, and nobody could persuade him otherwise.

A classic does not necessarily teach us anything we did not know before. In a classic we sometimes discover something we have always known (or thought we knew), but without knowing that this author...

Patrick Radden Keefe has investigated human smuggling, government espionage and the Northern Ireland conflict. With “Empire of Pain,” he takes on the Sackler family and the opioid crisis.

The first chapter of David Grann’s best-selling book, later adapted as a movie directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone.