The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

While scientists have observed animals assisting their relatives, a new study reveals that many superb starlings also form ...

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

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term ...

Grizzly 1058’s mother was Grizzly 399, a well-known bear that also lived in Grand Teton National Park. After Grizzly 399 was ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some ...

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

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

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

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

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...