Pollen from 18,000 tropical plants was digitized in Panama. The images will be used to train a machine-learning model to ...

New research shows that ancient dogs did not join Indigenous people in Central and South America until farming became popular ...

The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64, freeing up space for further edits that ...

After Spanish troops seized their capital, the Lacandon Ch'ol established a new settlement called Sac Balam, or the "Land of ...

A new study examines artifacts and features of the site that may be associated with Judaism, though researchers caution that ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum complex and research center, with collections in every area of ...

At the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, cabinets contain thousands of wood specimens, some of which ...

Even before faloodeh, Persians were creating frozen treats by harvesting snow from the nearby mountains and pouring grape ...

Pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Learn how she used aviation to ...

Pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Learn how she used aviation to champion women's independence and made history in her red Lockheed Vega 5B. A ...

The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...

A new study finds that when female mountain gorillas move to a new crowd, they look for females they’ve already met ...