Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea ...

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

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

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

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

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

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society ...

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

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974.

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

Officials claim the items once belonged to an influential Etruscan family that lived around the third century B.C.E. Reuters’ ...

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