The juvenile gray seal recently weaned off his mother's milk and ventured five miles into the coastal Connecticut city ...

The Smithsonian Passport being used at the US Botanic Garden. . Since its founding, Washington, DC has grown significantly.

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show what makes the City of Angels and its next-door neighborhoods ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate the art of climbing ice Alaska’s hardiest ...

Fossils are providing more and more clues about how dinosaurs attracted one another and reproduced, which contributed to ...

The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven ...

Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...