These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...

Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon ...

Local birding expert David Sonneborn took me out birding a couple of times, and we managed to see Hudsonian Godwits in the ...

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Zoo officials are looking for experts to help preserve and digitize the decaying film canisters, which date to between the ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...