Summer will officially begin with this year's solstice on June 20. And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the ...

A new study combines A.I., radiocarbon dating and handwriting analysis to estimate new dates for some of the ancient scrolls, ...

Trail cameras captured an elusive Leadbeater's possum in the Australian state of New South Wales, where they were thought to ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

New research suggests the probiotic McH1-7 could help stop the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease among wild corals ...

Father's Day will be here before you know it! Smithsonian Books has "dad books" galore for you to choose from to make his day ...

Abbott was an integral part of New York City's mid-century avant-garde art scene, but her better-known male colleagues have long dominated the movement's legacy ...

The timepiece belonged to Herbert Ingram, a British journalist and politician who died when the "Lady Elgin" sank in 1860. His watch was recovered from the bottom of the lake in 1992 ...

Authorities are urging visitors to stop wedging pocket change between the basalt columns, which are cracking and crumbling as ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Located roughly 300 miles north of Lima in Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Gran Pajatén complex ...