Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...

Local birding expert David Sonneborn took me out birding a couple of times, and we managed to see Hudsonian Godwits in the ...

Bruce M. Beehler. BRUCE M. BEEHLER is an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, lecturer, and author of nature books ...

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon ...

Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by ...