The political fable, "Animal Farm," written by visionary George Orwell, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945. The plot of "Animal Farm" is based on the story of the Russian Revolution ...

George Orwell had a unique talent for predicting the future in his books, notably 1984, but now seeing director Andy Serkis‘ new animated take on Orwell’s 1945 all-too-predictive allegory and ...

A fifth grader, assigned to read "Animal Farm" years ago, was asked by his teacher what he thought it was "about." "The American revolution," replied the 11-year-old promptly. "No, no, no." The ...

A new study shows farming and livestock reshaped global mammal communities, collapsing natural boundaries after the last Ice ...

Throughout human history, zoonotic diseases, illnesses that jump from animals to humans, have shaped civilizations, triggered pandemics, and rewritten the course of economies. The Black Death, which ...

Learn how ancient teeth have revealed new insights about the earliest farming communities, including how they treated ...