Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar ...

The papyrus manuscript was part of a vast library preserved by volcanic ash. Now, the remaining passages—which examine ethics ...

The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope was built to study dark matter and dark energy, but for one day last year, it ...

In Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, burned bones were found in a dirt layer associated with Homo erectus. The inhabitants ...

Meanwhile, other institutions offer their air-conditioned spaces as a way for residents and tourists to beat the heat ...

The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate ...

The tall creature escaped from a private ranch this month, and she's been roaming the Texas Hill Country ever since ...

Researchers say that the fossilized bones of "Homo naledi," so far found exclusively underground in South Africa, lack a key ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest remind us that amusement parks have entertained generations of ...

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...

The massive settlement, which spans more than a million square feet, likely dates to the late Iron Age or early Viking Age ...