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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...