Recent digs revealed roughly 20 feet of a long-necked dinosaur's skeleton, and paleontologists suspect even more bones are ...

If you’re looking for a beautiful view, Denmark has more than a few to enjoy. Take a look. A Note to our Readers Smithsonian ...

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

One of its co-curators wants historians to expand on the display and “write a proper history” of this artistry ...

Daniel Roseberry created two pieces inspired by the tiara and brooch that once belonged to French Empress Eugénie. Both ...

Wildlife officials successfully captured the young male, known as 157M, after he wandered into the northern Pacific Heights ...

So, he and his colleagues induced heart attacks in mice and examined responses in the vagus nerve, which carries signals ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...