Colonialism

Tau’a Rapa Nui continues to fight for its place against shifting tides.

Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.

An Aboriginal woman from northwest Tasmania, Tarenorerer became one of the war's most feared soldiers.

Dozens of maps show cartography's most persistent mistake.

For centuries, the Beothuk people relied on seabirds to survive—and likely to find their way to the afterlife.

A red velvet worm, jeweled corpse flower, and other rare species were found while retracing the route of the bloody 1911-12 Abor Expedition.

The kamayan, also known as a boodle fight, has a long, curious history.

The unsung hero may have also been instrumental in defeating the colonizers.