After its owner submitted the piece to an online appraisal service, auction house specialists realized it had been ...

It’s never too early to plan your getaways for the coming year, and you’ll find a rich range of choices among Smithsonian ...

Native to Indonesian New Guinea, the crustacean comes in two color forms and is a popular pet choice in Europe, Japan, the ...

Urban planners from Mexico City to Toulouse are adopting the high-flying mode of transit. Will it catch on elsewhere?

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

In an extensive interview, Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke on the current political climate, the process of returning human remains from the Institution’s collections, the awe-inspiring ...

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre ...

As the American population ages, a new study finds the average lifetime risk of dementia for adults over 55 is around 42 ...

An archive of scores by composer Arnold Schoenberg and the collections of countless contemporary artists have been lost in ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo's two giant pandas look quite similar to the untrained eye. Animal keeper Mariel Lally offers ...

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...