More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for emergency medical care, laying the groundwork for the services available today ...

At 89 years old, the Historic Hangar is the oldest building on CLT property. In this image, staff and volunteers back a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 into the newly restored hangar. Dron ...