The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

At 89 years old, the Historic Hangar is the oldest building on CLT property. In this image, staff and volunteers back a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 into the newly restored hangar. Dron ...

Diane Arbus’ work was included in only a handful of museum exhibitions before she died, by her own hand, at the age of 48 in 1971. Nevertheless, she had already gained renown with a series of ...

After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...