Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is about 194 years old and the oldest land animal alive today. Discoveries about his ...

When Pillay learned she had won the award, she was in the same courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials held Nazi war criminals ...

The Netherlands has had success with the Bubble Barrier, which pumps air bubbles from the bottom of a canal or river to ...

The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...

No official cause of her pneumonia has been confirmed, and Russian health officials say that none of the deceased ...

The settlement, founded by an early Christian saint in the 500s, is "far more than a small island church." It may have played ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered the signet ring while conducting excavations on the island of Antirhodos, which once ...

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are delighted to announce the birth of five ...

Hamilton popularized the term "software engineer" and created computer programs that could anticipate problems. She received ...

These photographs from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcase Native Americans taking part in their respective ...

Forensic research has identified deliberate and fatal wounds on skulls from simple grave sites near First Dynasty royal tombs ...

Many molecules come in two mirrored forms—like left and right hands—but living organisms generally contain only one. However, ...