To figure out why Eastern box turtle numbers are dropping across Virginia, Smithsonian researchers are turning to some ...

A skeleton unearthed in Scotland likely belongs to a soldier struck by a high-speed projectile during Edward I's 1304 siege ...

With significant roles in the Great Chicago Fire, 1893 World’s Fair and modern-day architecture, the beer’s impact on the ...

Redback spiders live throughout Australia. William via Flickr under CC BY 2.0. While mating, a male redback spider ...

"The Antiquities of Athens" had likely been missing from an Australian library since the 1870s. Staffers say its recovery is ...

Fossil shark scales from Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts show that the two seas never held the same number of sharks, ...

The dolphin-like marine mammals returned to San Francisco Bay in 2008 after a decades-long absence from the area. Scientists ...

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When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope started to stare at the early universe in 2022, it spotted strange, never-before-seen objects dubbed little red dots. Astronomers have puzzled over what these ...

Ranging from cubs to adults, this selection of shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcases the apex predator ...

The beer was preserved in a sealed glass bottle and may be safe to sample. The team is also hoping to sequence the DNA of the ...