A recent mapping study examines places in northwestern Africa where coastal ecosystems overlap with surf breaks, highlighting ...
At the time of the structure's construction in the second century C.E., firefighting in ancient Rome was a formalized ...
The gray tabby, known as Nine Lives because it eluded capture so many times, had devastated efforts by conservationists to ...
At first, Andy Crammond thought the object was a bull's nose ring. Other artifacts unearthed nearby include a Viking brooch, ...
The falls contain saltwater rich with iron, which oxidizes and turns red when exposed to air. A new study provides further ...
The USS 'Silversides' earned a dozen battle stars for its work patrolling the Pacific Ocean. The Gato-class sub is now the ...
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution ...
Smithsonian/Brian Gratwicke Dive into fun facts about this curious critter before encountering it on your next trip to the ...
More than 150 years ago, the famed naturalist Charles Darwin hypothesized that two plant species in the genus Saxifraga were carnivorous. He couldn’t prove his hunch before his death, but now, a new ...
Several of the huge cetaceans living in the eastern Caribbean Sea shortened the intervals between their clicks and used one click pattern more than another when vessels were around, according to a new ...
During the 1944 Cowra breakout, over 900 prisoners attempted to escape from an Allied camp in Australia. The uprising ...
It took Richard Wagner a quarter-century to complete the four-part opera. The new production, called "10010110," uses ...