The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...

The solitary fish named Mambo stopped eating and seemed to be missing its human visitors—so aquarists attached photos of ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

In places like Colorado and Minnesota, international teams of talented snow artists are creating larger-than-life ...

Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...

Known for their distinctive black-and-white fur, giant pandas are one of the most recognizable and beloved creatures in the ...

Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...

This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening ...

The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase ...

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...

Beginning this Friday, January 24, giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are officially on view to the public at the Smithsonian’s ...

Using ice core samples, researchers linked a natural disaster with a trove of nearly 5,000-year-old artifacts discovered at ...