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 ...

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

British officers and crew members set out in search of the Northwest Passage on HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror." None returned ...

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

The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help "interrupt the ...

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

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

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

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 ...