The largest holder of New York City taxi-medallion loans is throwing lifelines to thousands of drivers struggling to survive a collapse in ridership caused...

“You know what’s so crazy? Is your name is Rivers and my name is Rainn, and they’re both such watery names. I mean, it’s like, what’s next? We’re gonna meet some kid named Lakey Boy?”

novel by Charlotte Brontë

By changing the frequency of its rattling, these venomous snakes let intruders know when they’re too close.

In 1552, Francisco López de Gómara, who had been chaplain and secretary to Hernando Cortés while he lived out his old age in Spain, published an account of the conquest of Mexico. López de Gómara himself had never been to the New World, but he could envision…

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The Distracting Notion of Meat’s Impact on the EnvironmentAt this fall’s “Climate Crisis” town hall forum on CNN, Democratic front-runner Senator Elizabeth Warren dismissed the idea of reduced meat consumption as a simple distraction: “This is exactly what…

This is a list of the highest-grossing media franchises. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media.
For each franchise listed below the…

What did the Vikings look like? Were they dirty? Research shows that many were red-haired and muscular, but somewhat shorter than we are today.

HE'S one of the greatest heroes to grace the big screen and it's the best action adventure movie ever made.

When TLC premiered the first episode of “Extreme Couponing” in 2011, coupon shoppers around the country took to the web to voice their concerns about the rampant coupon misuse and fraud depicted on the show. Some of the show’s shoppers appeared to be using…

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In a unique admission for someone who created a movie franchise, Sylvester Stallone admitted he unwittingly signed away all ownership of Rocky.

Voiced most times by Jim Hanks. Images of the Woody voice actors from the Toy Story franchise.

Research into fox scents suggests a complex form of ‘chemical communication’ underlies the animal’s behaviour. The findings could help improve pest control methods and protect native wildlife.

Sometimes patience pays off — at least it definitely did in the case of Jason Weaver, the singing voice behind Young Simba in Disney’s original The Lion King.

American nurseryman and missionary (1774-1845)

The drivers who set the November 2019 Cannonball record have bested their own achievement with an average speed of 112 mph.

In his 2003 autobiography, Cash: The Autobiography, Johnny Cash talks about a run-in he had with one of his pet ostriches.