Because of his alleged involvement with the Ghost Dance movement, the Lakota leader, who died on this day in 1890, was seen ...

So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without ...

The enfranchisement of property-owning women over 30 on this day in 1918 came at a time of great strife within political ...

Most of the documents are heading to the auction block, where they could fetch more than $1 million. They were found in a ...

Conservationists hope the love story between Boris and Svetlaya might indicate a new, successful chapter in tiger ...

The scales on crocodiles’ heads are very different from the skin appendages of other animals and even distinct from the ...

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire ...

Bao Li (whose name means “treasure” and “energetic”) and Qing Bao (“green treasure”) are the next step in a continuum of ...

Instead of crunching mathematical calculations, GenCast was trained on four decades of historical weather data to produce an ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil ...

With teams competing in outlandish physical challenges, the Zogo dell’Oca of Mirano showcases Italy’s flair for invented ...

To commemorate the National Day of the Horse, see herds of equine images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...