A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion
New research on branching animals known as octocorals pushes the early days of bioluminescence back over 200 million years
These ten misconceptions underplay how much we have altered the global environment and undermine the new perspective we need to deal with a drastically changed world
Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton in the Smithsonian collections found that the Indigenous breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it
The new freezing technique could reinvigorate corals suffering from warming oceans—or even preserve human organs in the future
Telltale marks on a bone from an early human’s leg could be the earliest evidence of cannibalism
The satellite mission TEMPO will detect pollutants at a neighborhood scale across the nation
The new treatment shows promise in lab experiments
A nearly three-million-year-old butchering site packed with animal bones, stone implements and molars from our early ancestors reignites the debate
The biggest saltwater moments of the year included major discoveries that inspired awe
Ichthyosaur mothers likely migrated to the site to give birth
An alarming report indicates that dozens of species are likely to become federally endangered without preventive action
The Ice Age left the plant off our East Coast with less genetic diversity than its relative in the Pacific
The fossil, uncovered in North Carolina, shows signs of butchering
With astonishing new discoveries in the cosmos and pivotal research much closer to home, Smithsonian science proves indispensable
Scientists are now revealing the agricultural expertise that other species have cultivated for tens of millions of years
The giant mammals consume enormous quantities of marine organisms, three times more than previously thought, then their poop fertilizes the sea
Keepers worked with breeding parents Lola and Coco, who soon “become very interested in each other”
For humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins and coastal manatees, tourism is a mixed bag, making vigilance ever more important
The findings of a new study could help scientists learn more about how social behaviors evolved in other animals
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