Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar ...
The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...
The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate ...
The tall creature escaped from a private ranch this month, and she's been roaming the Texas Hill Country ever since ...
Meanwhile, other institutions offer their air-conditioned spaces as a way for residents and tourists to beat the heat ...
On June 24, two quakes above magnitude 7 struck the northern part of the country only 39 seconds apart. While doublet ...
Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...
The Old Patent Office Building now houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. A new ...
The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope was built to study dark matter and dark energy, but for one day last year, it ...
As the nation marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian invites educators to ...
These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest remind us that amusement parks have entertained generations of ...