Helena Bonham Carter provides an English-language tour of the Rijksmuseum's miniature masterpiece, which stands at about six ...

The island nation is home to some of the world’s most gorgeous wildlife and scenic landscapes ...

Discovered in southern England, the collection features dozens of gold and silver coins dating to the 15th and 16th centuries ...

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

An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A new retrospective at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia examines the career of the 20th-century French painter, who ...

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