The ballerina has advocated for dancers of color on and off stage. In a farewell gala this week, she celebrated her ...

Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...

An anchor, basket handles, jars and other artifacts were found among the cargoes at the three sites, the oldest of which ...

The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...

The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th ...

Individual athletes ran an average of 4,000 miles over a year to help define the human body's limit for energy expenditure ...

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor ...

The British adventurer has crossed the Atlantic solo in a plane and a boat. Now he reads tree leaves, puddles and moss to get ...

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

The 40 shortlisted photographs pair talented nature photography with humorous captures that often rely on clicking the ...

Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...