Researchers recovered more than 200 human artifacts from historical nests in southern Spain The ranges of the two parent bird species have expanded due to climate change and now overlap around San ...

The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the compli ...

More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the “sharp division between animal communication systems and human language” ...

These talented craftspeople specialized in ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, stonemasonry, coffin decorating and other art forms ...

Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate change and tackle other challenges ...

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for design help ...

Smithsonian intern shares her experience observing an oral history interview for We Do Declare, highlighting how women’s voices are preserved and amplified through storytelling.

"The Luncheon on the Grass" caused a stir when it made its debut in 1863. A century and a half later, students defended the French artist against obscenity charges ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots whi ...

For the first time ever, New York City’s Grand Central Terminal has been cleared of advertisements. In their place is Dear New York, a massive photographic art installation created by Brandon Stanton, ...

Later, a man who said he was an archaeologist stumbled across the treasures and flagged them to one of the thrift shop’s volunteers. The man, who has not been identified, recommended they get in touch ...