Laika was the first animal to orbit Earth. Learn why she was chosen, how she was trained, and how her historic 1957 mission helped shape human space travel.

June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the ...

Berkshire Bird Observatory Director Ben Nickley shows a group of visitors the first northern saw-whet owl of the night, which was captured in one of the group’s large "mist nets ...

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator ...