The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

While scientists have observed animals assisting their relatives, a new study reveals that many superb starlings also form ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some ...

Pope Francis meets with Martin Scorsese on January 31, 2024 in Vatican City. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will produce a new documentary featuring the ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

Arborists are planting urban groves of the world's largest trees in one of the city's most blighted neighborhoods ...

The two felines—one adult, one juvenile—appear to have been cared for by the sailors before the vessel sank in a hurricane in ...