Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the United States raise $26 billion for the war and served as the basis ...

The juvenile gray seal recently weaned off his mother's milk and ventured five miles into the coastal Connecticut city ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate the art of climbing ice Alaska’s hardiest ...

Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they ...

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

"Cristian en el Amor de Calle" by Costa Rican artist Matías Sauter Morera will appear in the museum's upcoming exhibition, ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show what makes the City of Angels and its next-door neighborhoods ...

Fossils are providing more and more clues about how dinosaurs attracted one another and reproduced, which contributed to ...