Evolutionary biologists working in the Philippines have long puzzled over a hard-to-find amphibian mystery: the Leyte Chorus ...

Other permanent exhibits explore human evolution, ancient Egypt and ... The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again ...

Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis, a wasp that the team half-jokingly called a ‘Cretaceous flytrap’ for its rear being shaped like the fly-gobbling plant. ‘Nothing similar is known from any other insect,’ ...

By Nicole Evatt For As we darted through Addis Ababa’s morning rush hour, my jet lag couldn’t dull the energy of Ethiopia’s ...

Oh, Elise. How did this happen? It profit not a woman to gain the entire world and lose her soul, but for your old ...