Founder’s Day at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Amy Kehs This September, the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community ...

The item, which was fashioned by two London artisans, reflects the interests of the upper echelons of society at the turn of ...

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look ...

Archaeologists excavating Chan Chan, the capital of the pre-Inca Chimú civilization, found an undisturbed mausoleum that held ...

The Montana Heritage Center in Helena has a smudge room. It is open to the public and teaches non-Native visitors why a room ...

Vanita Salisbury is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. Her work has appeared in AFAR, Thrillist, New York Magazine, ...

From seahorse farewells to saving a stranded whale, the photos capture the diversity and beauty of sea creatures—but also the ...

The fashion icon wore the strapless silk frock the same day her then-estranged husband publicly admitted to having an affair ...

This marks the first time the mysterious creature has been seen alive in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It was spotted last ...

Relatively few fossils belonging to the enigmatic early human have been unearthed in the past. Two new studies describe seven ...

The festivities drew hundreds of onlookers, who watched as keepers surprised Qing Bao with a special frozen birthday treat ...

Weighing a combined ten pounds, the artifacts are estimated to be 1,000 years old and constitute Finland’s largest coin hoard ...