Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults ...
Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...
"Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini" had been on display in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome as part of a loan. Now, it's part of the palace's permanent collection ...
Through oral histories, 'We Do Declare' highlights women who created networks of economic support and opened pathways to ...
The birds are breeding earlier, and more of their chicks are surviving. But researchers fear this success may not last ...
Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...
The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least ...
The rectangular object dates to around 1350 B.C.E. and was likely created by members of the Central European Urnfield culture ...
Most of the food you buy comes with a little “sell by” or “best by” date stamped on it. But these dates are—essentially—made up. Nobody regulates how long milk or cheese or bread stays good, so ...
After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...
Known as samphire, sea beans, glasswort or pickleweed, Salicornia thrives in high-saline environments, like coastal marshes, ...
The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, ...
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