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

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...

The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help "interrupt the ...

Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a soccer field in southwest Scotland that date to the 17th century ...

Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s ...

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

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South ...

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

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

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