We've been listening to the great outdoors from the comfort of our homes since the invention of the portable tape recorder.

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

The khipu knot-tying system was thought to have only been used by elites, but one artifact suggests commoners, too, knew how ...

In partnership with the British Museum, 900 Norman artifacts will be displayed across the reimagined space’s five floors ...

This past June, researchers congregated at the Smithsonian Marine Station to catalogue the vast diversity of tiny animals ...

New research shows that ancient dogs did not join Indigenous people in Central and South America until farming became popular ...

The Great Wall of China may be one of the country’s most iconic landmarks and tourist attractions, but there’s much more to ...

Many of today's internet users remember browsing the web for the first time via AOL dial-up. But as subscribers dwindle, the ...

The bridge, expected to cost more than $15 billion, would stretch more than two miles across the Messina Strait ...

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...

Though the strange growths on these animals may look intimidating, experts say there’s not much to worry about, and they're ...