Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated. Only about 15 percent of snakes have harmful venom. The number ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Researchers found that trees in Wisconsin that had become hosts to the eye-catching species hosted only half the fungal ...

NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though ...

Special intestinal cells collect excess minerals into particles the snakes can poop out, according to a new study ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...

Harpy eagles are among the heaviest raptors in the world, with larger females weighing up to an average of up to 20 pounds.

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...

“Preserved blood vessel structures, like we have found in Scotty’s rib bone, appear linked to areas where the bone was ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

Paleontologists have discovered what appears to be one of the largest dinosaur courtship arenas in the world, just 15 miles ...