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

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

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, a new genetic investigation suggests ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

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

By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heels ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

At 89 years old, the Historic Hangar is the oldest building on CLT property. In this image, staff and volunteers back a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 into the newly restored hangar. Dron ...