Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...

An anchor, basket handles, jars and other artifacts were found among the cargoes at the three sites, the oldest of which ...

Individual athletes ran an average of 4,000 miles over a year to help define the human body's limit for energy expenditure ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor ...

The skies above us are filled with legions of migrating birds, bats, bugs and microbes. And yet we know little about their ...

The British adventurer has crossed the Atlantic solo in a plane and a boat. Now he reads tree leaves, puddles and moss to get ...

The 40 shortlisted photographs pair talented nature photography with humorous captures that often rely on clicking the ...

Around 100 of the French Impressionist painter's lesser-known paper works are now on view at New York City's Morgan Library ...

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

A wreck in London broke his bones but not his spirit. So he got back on his two-wheeled horse and sailed through the Ohio sky ...