The first attack occurred in June 1764, when a large, unknown animal attacked a young woman tending cattle near Langogne. She survived only because the bulls in her herd drove the creature away. A few ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

It is 1764, and France is licking its wounds after the Seven Years’ War. The kingdom has exhausted itself financially and lost territory abroad. To make matters worse, intense panic has erupted in the ...