Over the course of 50 years, John Marshall filmed the African tribe, tracking how their nomadic culture slowly died out ...
Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are delighted to announce the birth of five ...
Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is about 194 years old and the oldest land animal alive today. Discoveries about his ...
Boston’s iconic lighthouse, the Boston Light, is managed by a single person: Sally Snowman. She is the 70th keeper of the ...
When Pillay learned she had won the award, she was in the same courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials held Nazi war criminals ...
Archaeologists in Egypt discovered the signet ring while conducting excavations on the island of Antirhodos, which once ...
Published More Than 50 Years Ago, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Launched a Revolution Maya Angelou’s breakthrough memoir forever changed American literature and helped carve a new space for black ...
The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...
The Netherlands has had success with the Bubble Barrier, which pumps air bubbles from the bottom of a canal or river to ...
The bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema can produce sounds at amplitudes that exceed 120 decibels, which puts ...
These photographs from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcase Native Americans taking part in their respective ...
Hamilton popularized the term "software engineer" and created computer programs that could anticipate problems. She received ...