In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition ...

Summer will officially begin with this year's solstice on June 20. And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the ...

Trail cameras captured an elusive Leadbeater's possum in the Australian state of New South Wales, where they were thought to ...

A new study combines A.I., radiocarbon dating and handwriting analysis to estimate new dates for some of the ancient scrolls, ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

Father's Day will be here before you know it! Smithsonian Books has "dad books" galore for you to choose from to make his day ...

Mary Cassatt reshaped the art world by elevating everyday domestic moments into beautiful Impressionist works of art.

The timepiece belonged to Herbert Ingram, a British journalist and politician who died when the "Lady Elgin" sank in 1860. His watch was recovered from the bottom of the lake in 1992 ...

Abbott was an integral part of New York City's mid-century avant-garde art scene, but her better-known male colleagues have long dominated the movement's legacy ...

Authorities are urging visitors to stop wedging pocket change between the basalt columns, which are cracking and crumbling as ...

Veterinarians in Vietnam perform surgeries, prepare special diets and craft recovery routines for moon bears to give them a ...