Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

Wildlife caretakers released the bird into the Southern Ocean after he'd put on some weight and regained his strength ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large tree ...

Makenzie Van Eyk wrote the letter as part of a class project in 1998, when she was in fourth grade. Recently, the note was ...

Found in western Germany, the stone plaques feature etchings of fish trapped in grid-like nets, according to a new study ...

Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial ...

The insects participate in elaborate courtships, are devoted parents, occasionally eat each other and have a gregarious ...

See airplanes of all sizes, shapes and colors from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...

Meet Dat So La Lee, a Washoe basket weaver whose signature degikup style preserved her cultural heritage and offered a means ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insights ...