The healthy and active babies are being cared for by first-time mother Zura, and the public can keep up with their antics ...

When Pillay learned she had won the award, she was in the same courtroom where the Nuremberg Trials held Nazi war criminals ...

Hannah Docter-Loeb is an Amsterdam-based science journalist who primarly covers biology, human health and sustainability. Her ...

Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is about 194 years old and the oldest land animal alive today. Discoveries about his ...

"Wetland" is the latest installation of a high-tech traveling exhibition designed by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen. It ...

The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are delighted to announce the birth of five ...

The Netherlands has had success with the Bubble Barrier, which pumps air bubbles from the bottom of a canal or river to ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered the signet ring while conducting excavations on the island of Antirhodos, which once ...

These photographs from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcase Native Americans taking part in their respective ...

The size of the hole in the stratosphere's ozone layer fluctuates every year, but last month's, measuring 10.6 million square ...

The bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema can produce sounds at amplitudes that exceed 120 decibels, which puts ...