Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?
Staffers at a photography shop in England carefully developed the negatives, which depict a ski trip in the Swiss Alps. Now, they're searching for clues to help identify the people pictured ...
Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...
The world’s largest colony of northern gannets was decimated by bird flu in 2022. Now, as their numbers climb again, ...
If you have siblings, you may remember fighting for your parents’ attention when you were younger. It turns out sibling ...
The "Lac La Belle" was discovered 20 miles off the coast of Wisconsin in 2022 after a fisherman offered shipwreck hunters a mysterious clue ...
The day after the artifacts vanished from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, officials arrested 52-year-old Miguel Simon Mungarrieta Monsalve. “The defendant believed it was his duty to acquire ...
The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...
Whether you are just beginning or building on years of experience, Smithsonian Associates’ Studio Arts program makes it easy—and fun—to explore what you can create. From painting and drawing to art ...
Her choreography told stories in new ways and her collaborations with costume and stage designers changed the aesthetic of the art. Now, her dance company marks its first century ...
Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...
In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...