Joe Rosenthal is famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning image. But he spent most of his career photographing San Francisco, where he lived for many years | Continue reading
From an "awkward" smiling frog to embarrassing owl parents, this year's winners of the entertaining annual competition won't let you down | Continue reading
An estimated 28 probable graves were identified at the seventh American president's former property, called the Hermitage | Continue reading
Many residents of Bend love the illicit adornments, which they say are sparking joy and driving engagement with public art | Continue reading
"Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books" spotlights more than 100 texts written (or invented) by the likes of Shakespeare, Byron and Hemingway | Continue reading
The magazine's most-read articles of the year included a close-up look at the adorable yet venomous pygmy slow loris, a profile of a little-known 20th-century street photographer and a majestic journey with divers into Mexico’s underwater caves | Continue reading
An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years | Continue reading
An exhibition in Brooklyn examines gold's ubiquitous appeal across thousands of years through art, artifacts, paintings, sculptures and fashion | Continue reading
Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore last summer, researchers have made new discoveries—including that the animal had nine stomach chambers and vestigial teeth | Continue reading
The torso of the bronze sculpture depicting Septimius Severus was repatriated last year, and a Copenhagen museum has now agreed to return the head | Continue reading
New research indicates early humans and canines were interacting in the Americas 2,000 years earlier than previously thought | Continue reading
Solar flares and coronal mass ejections could cause serious damage to telecommunications systems, satellites and power grids here on Earth | Continue reading
The iconic brand's mobile phones were pop culture mainstays. Soon, a new online archive will bring together thousands of documents, early models and design concepts | Continue reading
From the realization that paleontologists still haven’t found the biggest dinosaurs to the unearthing of a small burrowing dino, the year has been marked by awe-inspiring finds | Continue reading
Mount Fuji’s last eruption, which happened on this day in 1707, was also its largest, spewing ash and debris over cities and farms, causing famines, respiratory problems and untold death | Continue reading
Because of his alleged involvement with the Ghost Dance movement, the Lakota leader, who died on this day in 1890, was seen as a threat to the U.S. government's efforts to subdue Indigenous Americans | Continue reading
The enfranchisement of property-owning women over 30 on this day in 1918 came at a time of great strife within political parties in post-World War I Britain | Continue reading
So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without existing barriers to protect against them | Continue reading
An exhibition in London is highlighting a collection of Baroque timepieces designed by the renowned Parisian craftsman André-Charles Boulle | Continue reading
The findings suggest that astronomers’ widely accepted cosmology models might be missing something—meaning the longstanding mystery known as the “Hubble tension” continues | Continue reading
Most of the documents are heading to the auction block, where they could fetch more than $1 million. They were found in a bank vault owned by the French statesman's son | Continue reading
The scales on crocodiles’ heads are very different from the skin appendages of other animals and even distinct from the scales on the rest of their bodies | Continue reading
Jean Charles Blais had no idea that his studio in southern France was hiding a Roman funerary inscription dating to the first or second century C.E. | Continue reading
Conservationists hope the love story between Boris and Svetlaya might indicate a new, successful chapter in tiger repopulation efforts | Continue reading
To commemorate the National Day of the Horse, see herds of equine images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest | Continue reading
Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish riches that sustained Elizabeth I's empire | Continue reading
A new exhibition in London examines the relationship between the three Italian Renaissance artists, who came together in Florence in 1504 | Continue reading
An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research | Continue reading
Following the murder in 44 B.C.E., Brutus minted the gold aureus to promote his own image and celebrate his military victories | Continue reading
Instead of crunching mathematical calculations, GenCast was trained on four decades of historical weather data to produce an array of 15-day forecasts | Continue reading
Biologists say mating, climate change or simply being confused might have driven the creature to swim great distances, between Colombia and Zanzibar | Continue reading
A new exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum brings together political cartoons from around the world that celebrate and satirize the wartime prime minister | Continue reading
Inside the fight to memorialize victims of the military junta that ruled over the South American nation in the 1970s and '80s | Continue reading
The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire to do the same | Continue reading
Born on this day in 1863, Edvard Munch lived a life marked by mental health struggles and sought to brush themes of anxiety and dread into his art | Continue reading
If a new proposal is adopted, the insects would become the most commonly seen species to be the subject of federal protection under this law | Continue reading
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to pay damages to five women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were abducted from their parents when they were young children | Continue reading
On his fourth flight, Don Pettit is once again sharing the art of astrophotography, capturing and posting pictures of Earth, satellites and space | Continue reading
"Save Arts: From Confiscations to Public Collections" features more than 80 works recovered by Italian authorities, including pieces by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí | Continue reading
Named "Ninumbeehan dookoodukah" by Eastern Shoshone students and elders, the creature burrowed in riverbeds to stay moist during extreme droughts | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered 32 needle fragments made from the bones of smaller animals. The tiny tools may have been used to sew insulated garments during the last ice age | Continue reading
With teams competing in outlandish physical challenges, the Zogo dell’Oca of Mirano showcases Italy’s flair for invented traditions | Continue reading
Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years | Continue reading
Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved | Continue reading
Parmigianino painted St. Jerome asleep on the ground in his 16th-century altarpiece—a choice that's still puzzling experts five centuries later | Continue reading
According to new research, Earth might have reflected less solar radiation last year than in any other year since 1940, a trend that adds to the planet's warming | Continue reading
Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and calico cats tend to be females | Continue reading
New research examines chemical signatures to determine the diet of a prehistoric boy and his mother, suggesting the Clovis people relied on mammoths for a large portion of their menu | Continue reading