Learn what atmospheric rivers are, and why they could be predictable, helping us prepare for devastating storms and floods.

Learn more about the “folded” fossil of Ptychotherates bucculentus, from one of the first families of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Learn how Linh Mai, the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian in 25 years, is strengthening genetic diversity in ...

Meet Lady Fatou, the world’s oldest living gorilla at Berlin Zoo, known for her record-breaking longevity in captivity.

Learn how analyzing “vowel-like” patterns in sperm whale clicks, uncovers one of the closest parallels to human language in ...

Learn how ground vibrations revealed a hidden magma reservoir beneath Tuscany, comparable in size to systems beneath ...

Learn how the IUCN added emperor penguins to the Red List as climate change drives sea ice loss and could cut their ...

Find out when Artemis II will return to Earth, and learn how the crew is getting ready to endure an intense splashdown.

Learn how Mount Etna stands apart from most volcanoes, having been formed by pockets of magma held in Earth's upper mantle.

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

Learn more about a Megalibgwilia owenii fossil, found around 120 years ago, that today fleshes out the extinct echidna’s ...