Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild ...

A few days before "Still Life With Guitar" was supposed to go on display in Granada, staffers discovered the piece had ...

Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...

The research documents addiction-like tendencies in canines, offering scientific evidence that appears to support owners' own ...

Experts think that someone may have buried the copper cauldron full of coins and jewelry to keep it safe during a tumultuous ...

Jim Morrison, 50, completed the historic run on October 15 as a tribute to his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died in an ...

Now living at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, the striking crustacean has a bright orange shell with black ...

Postpartum depression affects some one in eight women in the United States. It typically occurs in the first weeks after ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Join these caravanners on a scenic journey across the desert from snapshots taken by entrants to the Smithsonian magazine photo contest ...

A new study may visually solve an enduring mystery about a bright object that's been studied since the 19th century ...

Published 75 years ago, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" tells the story of four children who are evacuated from London ...