Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, has found 109 land mines and 15 other unexploded ordnances in Cambodia ...

To thank America for its support during the war, France sent a boxcar stuffed with gifts to each state. But in the late 1950s ...

Florida land boom. But false advertising and natural disasters thwarted many settlers' visions of striking it rich in the ...

One of the wall paintings discovered at the Ashes, a Tudor-era guest house in northeastern England, depicts a dog's head. Historic England Archive For over two decades, Jen and Richard Arkell have ...

In preparation for the summer road trip season, historian Allen Pietrobon joins Smithsonian Associates on April 28 to discuss ...

Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

Amelia Earhart made history as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, cementing her legacy in aviation. But her influence extended far beyond the cockpit.