Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South ...

Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s ...

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a soccer field in southwest Scotland that date to the 17th century ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

The mammals' return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish is ...

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...