A new monkey debuted in a London "rain forest," a beagle bounded to glory in New York, Japanese children huddled in igloos, and more.

Retreating glaciers caused by global warming in the Swiss Alps are a reality. Now there's concern the warming could harm the small country's famed ski industry.

Nearly naked men test their strength in snow and cold water as part of an annual Japanese festival believed to date back a thousand years.

NASA launched the space shuttle Atlantis Thursday afternoon for a mission to attach the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station.

Sequins and feathers in Brazil, sheepskin-clad men in Hungary—celebrations around the world mark the days before many Christians begin pre-Easter fasting.

Animal sacrifice, food fights, surgically altered showgirls—see the surprising ways Mardi Gras is being marked around the world.

A long tradition of rat eating—here in Vietnam—is especially relevant at this lunar New Year ringing in the Chinese calendar's Year of the Rat.

A U.S. academic sent Incan artifacts from Peru's "lost" city of Machu Picchu to Yale University in 1911. Was that a loan or a gift?

Mastodon teeth clacked anew in Greece, a Kenyan boy was among many wounded by arrows, China unveiled a bubbly Olympic swim center, and more.

An ex-art smuggler and the former head of Scotland Yard's Art and Antiquities Squad have joined forces to expose illegal trade in ancient treasures.

Kicking off a yearlong celebration of Japanese immigrants' arrival in Brazil a hundred years ago, revelers honor the world's largest Japanese community outside Japan.

Egyptian homeowners who find ancient artifacts buried on their land sometimes sell them to smugglers. Lisa Ling goes undercover to show how it's done.

Some of Egypt's greatest treasures have ended up in foreign countries, including the Rosetta Stone, which unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Now Egypt wants the artifact back—if only for a visit.

The Parthenon is among Greece's greatest treasures, but important parts of it have been displayed at London's British Museum for two centuries. Should Greece's ancient marbles be returned to Athens?

Many of the treasures stolen by the Nazis were never recovered. Among the most valuable is Russia's priceless Amber Room ... will it ever turn up?