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

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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 ...

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

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

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

Grizzly 1058’s mother was Grizzly 399, a well-known bear that also lived in Grand Teton National Park. After Grizzly 399 was ...

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

Over 40 years, artists have accompanied Charles on his travels to 95 countries with only one directive: Paint whatever ...

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

Located in the northern Sinai Desert, the site is shedding new light on defensive structures built to protect Egypt's eastern borders ...