(THE CONVERSATION) “I am never gonna financially recover from this,” grumbles Joe Exotic, the subject of Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary series. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph ...

The English naturalist William Buckland (1784-1856) was well known for his unusual food choices. Toasted mice, crocodile, and battered hedgehog were only a few of the delights in his journals.

Exotic animals including parrots and monkeys served as pets and entertainment in California in the 1850s. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz In March 1853, after sailing seven weeks straight from ...

BOSTON - Many 19th century artists found the artistic freedom they craved in the great outdoors. Artists like Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin couldn't seem to get enough of haystacks, gnarled grape vines ...

In the early years of silent cinema, broad melodrama was the order of the day. And what could be riper for melodramatic treatment than the exotic notion of polygamy in 19th-century America? In the ...

“I am never gonna financially recover from this,” grumbles Joe Exotic, the subject of Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary series. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, blithely ...