The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Titled "St. Francis of Assisi," the 1747 standing portrait of the church's namesake was stolen in 2001, along with several ...

Past research about black hole births rarely included magnetic fields or the spins of the precursor stars. But considering ...

Smithsonian's educational travel program was one of the first of its kind when it debuted nationally in 1970, and it quickly ...

A train wreck that caused the death of more than a dozen commuters near the turn of the 20th century was the impetus behind a ...

"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...

Grab a porch swing near the waterfront in the city’s downtown area. Check out a museum or two, and enjoy some Southern ...

Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

Two new studies suggest that the semi-aquatic rodents provide food and habitat for bats and pollinator insects within their ...