A new study suggests that our solar system’s smallest planet has shrunk by up to 30 percent since its birth roughly 4.5 ...

The artwork reflects the famed Impressionist’s later, abstract style. Sotheby’s estimates that it will sell for $25 million ...

The museum lovingly called the "Blacksonian" chronicles the past and present and envisions the future to tell the stories of ...

At least 800,000 bees were stolen from several properties in far north Queensland, Australia. The theft coincides with the ...

Two separate types of progenitor cells give rise to the front and back of the organ, according to a new study. The findings can help researchers study human diseases that affect the hindbrain, since i ...

The National Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition “From These Lands” features an American paddlefish, the last surviving species of an ancient lineage of fishes that predates dinosaurs ...

Researchers recorded footage of wild chimps in Senegal showing youngsters how to use sticks to fish out ants and how to smash baobab fruit against rocks to open it, among other instances of instructio ...

The cache comprises the remains of at least 500 iron bars, which were likely headed downstream to be forged into finished products ...

The Smithsonian surveyed early childhood educators from across the nation to uncover their mindsets for finding educational resources. The results will inform how organizations can play a part in ...

Puberty, pregnancy and menopause are the three major hormonal transitions for the female brain. Researchers already knew that ...

Largely missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations played a huge role in the lives of early humans.

The artifact, among the most prized visual accounts of Aztec history, will be on display in Mexico City for three months ...