More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s ...

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South ...

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

The systems have been especially successful in Latin America, where massive cities and dramatic landscapes make building roads, rail lines and subway tunnels difficult. Mi Teléferico, shown here ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before ...

For a new study, physicists visualized and quantified the tear-producing droplets that get expelled from onions when they're ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Based on his growth rate and tooth loss, the 640-pound gator was estimated to be at least 80. He starred in movies and TV ...