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

The black-and-white photograph of a long-lost artifact depicts four serekhs, symbols of Egyptian rulers, and two of them, a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

"Wetland" is the latest installation of a high-tech traveling exhibition designed by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen. It ...

The healthy and active babies are being cared for by first-time mother Zura, and the public can keep up with their antics ...

Paleontologists are still unraveling the secrets of the world’s most famous dinosaur, such as its outward appearance or the ...