This ancient tree provided the wood for the first ship to reach Laugh Tale, the Oro Jackson, but its significance may go far ...

Almost a century after it was taken from Gamilaraay country in New South Wales, a sacred tree known as a dhulu is returned by a Swiss museum.

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

When I read that 52 percent of American adults say they believe in Santa Claus (according to a survey from Public Policy Polling), I wasn’t surprised to learn in the same poll that 42 ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

The leader of the opposition United People’s Alliance (UPA), Gen. Pagan Amum, has expressed cautious optimism regarding the ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya. The talks, known as the Tumaini ...

Image of one of the rooms discovered in the ancient complex. An ancient pagan worship place, allegedly sealed by ancestors of Jesus Christ has been discovered in the heart of Jerusalem after ...

The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship, or “high places.” It outlines how he “removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones” and “did ...

Venture into Somerset’s cider country to mark the turning of apple season at a traditional wassailing ceremony.

While the post-Christmas period is a time of bliss, mostly spent watching telly and eating leftovers, there is that looming chore of having to take the tree and all the festive decorations down ...