A study examining fossilized droppings reveals the kākāpō has faced a decline in the diversity of its parasites—and that ...

Rocks found along the Colorado River in Arizona turned out to contain fossilized fragments of soft-bodied creatures, ...

Researchers thought leaf-toed geckos were locally extinct on Rábida Island, so they were thrilled to find several of the ...

Artists such as Rembrandt, the Pre-Raphaelites and Georgian caricaturists used their craft to examine the morality and ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges ...

The 62-acre settlement was likely established in the fourth century B.C.E. Researchers think it may have served as a major trading hub ...

Laurie Gwen Shapiro is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and the author of The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon.

The apex predators, restored to the park in 1995, appear to be keeping the local population of plant-eating elk in check, ...

Scientists discovered that swollen-thorn acacias invested more in ant rewards during a drought, suggesting that mutualistic ...

The winners of the Mangrove Photography Awards shed light on the ecologically valuable but highly threatened coastal ...

The king accused More of treason and ordered his execution in 1535. Now, St. Dunstan's hopes to conserve the Catholic saint's ...

Discovered near Hadrian's Wall in northern England, the oversized leather footwear has left researchers puzzled ...