While scientists have observed animals assisting their relatives, a new study reveals that many superb starlings also form ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...

Pope Francis meets with Martin Scorsese on January 31, 2024 in Vatican City. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will produce a new documentary featuring the ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

Grizzly 1058’s mother was Grizzly 399, a well-known bear that also lived in Grand Teton National Park. After Grizzly 399 was ...