The scales on crocodiles’ heads are very different from the skin appendages of other animals and even distinct from the ...

Bao Li (whose name means “treasure” and “energetic”) and Qing Bao (“green treasure”) are the next step in a continuum of giant panda conservation at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

Jean Charles Blais had no idea that his studio in southern France was hiding a Roman funerary inscription dating to the first ...

Conservationists hope the love story between Boris and Svetlaya might indicate a new, successful chapter in tiger ...

To commemorate the National Day of the Horse, see herds of equine images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...

Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish ...

Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish ...

An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research ...

Following the murder in 44 B.C.E., Brutus minted the gold aureus to promote his own image and celebrate his military ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil ...

Instead of crunching mathematical calculations, GenCast was trained on four decades of historical weather data to produce an ...

Hear what giving to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum means to our donors. From Charter Members to Making ...