Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterways ...

"Young Lion Resting" is among dozens of Dutch Golden Age artworks from the Leiden Collection that are now on view at the ...

Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, silversmith Paul Revere took to his horse on a midnight ride to warn American ...

In 1838, the capture of Osceola, in a 19th-century portrait, attracted national attention. Smithsonian American Art Museum / Art Resource, NY “Infinity of nations,” a new permanent exhibition ...

In 7 B.C., at a point along the Via Aurelia, the Romans erected a monument to the emperor Augustus. Clay McLachlan At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six ...

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of "The Hustle," a mega hit in the genre, lives on ...

The company’s ambitious new Sunbird design aims to harness nuclear fusion in space, despite the fact that commercializing ...

"Among dung beetles, for instance, the smallest sneaker males relentlessly attempt to slip into tunnels where females are sequestered while Mr. Big, the guarding male, is looking the other way.

Amid the usual parade of creeping horrors—super lice, mayfly plagues and a “troll-haired insect discovered in remote Suriname”—the exterminator news site PestWeb recently shared a piece of ...

Tikal’s great plaza, at the heart of what was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas, is surrounded by monumental structures: the stepped terraces of the North Acropolis, festooned ...

For nearly 100 years, die-hards have been saying goodbye to winter by speeding down the slopes and water skiing over massive puddles ...