Eastern garter snakes might recognize their own scents, suggesting the reptiles are more cognitively complex than thought, according to a new study | Continue reading
The late comedian's estate brought a lawsuit against two podcast hosts who used an A.I. voice generator to deliver a fake stand-up routine | Continue reading
The hair care items are part of a sprawling collection of artifacts found in Ipswich between 1974 and 1994, which are now the subject of a new book | Continue reading
With dozens of lunar missions on the horizon, a standard time-keeping system for the moon will assist with precise navigation, docking and landing | Continue reading
Eighteen Americans who participated in the war effort each answered up to 1,000 questions on camera to create their interactive video likenesses | Continue reading
The state's corrections department has ordered all prisons to lock down on the day of the eclipse, leaving inmates stuck inside. Six men are suing the state, saying viewing the event has religious significance | Continue reading
The state's prison agency settled a lawsuit with the incarcerated men, allowing them to watch the eclipse on religious grounds. But for now, the rest of New York's correctional facilities will remain locked down on April 8 | Continue reading
For centuries, curious artists have been trying to make sense of the celestial event | Continue reading
The 1888 work depicts a grain mill on the River Epte near the artist's home in Giverny, France | Continue reading
The environmental icon’s latest series, “Mammals,” showcases the threats humanity has created for our relatives | Continue reading
In 1780, astronomer Samuel Williams journeyed to British-controlled territory to view a total solar eclipse | Continue reading
Your feedback on art fakes, Tiffany lamps and World War II recovery missions | Continue reading
Nobody was hurt by the mysterious, two-pound object, but experts speculate it may be a piece of batteries ejected from the station in 2021 | Continue reading
The marble bust sheds new light on the layered history of a 2,000-year-old Greek city | Continue reading
A composer based at San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum will use data coming from the eclipsed sun to create an out-of-this-world “sonification” on April 8 | Continue reading
Aerial observations of hundreds of large landfills across 18 states found they are leaking 40 percent more methane than is reported to the EPA | Continue reading
The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on protected land | Continue reading
How deep faith created one of the loveliest—and most curious—sacred objects in the Smithsonian collections | Continue reading
The 1972 artwork, which the school had never publicly displayed, is worth an estimated $50,000 | Continue reading
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E. | Continue reading
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea | Continue reading
This marks only the second time in U.S. history that a human has contracted the H5N1 strain of avian influenza | Continue reading
"Untitled," a highlight of the duo's collaboration in the 1980s, could fetch $18 million at auction | Continue reading
An analysis of more than 12,000 rap, pop, country, rock and R&B songs from the past 50 years shows more emotional and straightforward lyrics | Continue reading
David Walker was a 19-year-old mess attendant aboard the USS "California" when Japan launched its surprise attack | Continue reading
The abnormal behavior has raised special concerns about the endangered smalltooth sawfish, an odd-looking ray with chainsaw-like teeth, as 28 of them have died | Continue reading
Two perspectives on the astronomical phenomenon that has fascinated humans for as long as we’ve been watching the skies | Continue reading
In the last decade, a truly homegrown effort has bubbled up in the United States | Continue reading
The steamship "Milwaukee" sank in a heavy fog off the coast of Holland, Michigan, after colliding with another vessel | Continue reading
Psychedelic hedgehogs, purple pineapples, living strawberries—these tiny creatures show off their big personalities off the Australian coast | Continue reading
In the late 17th century, Henry Avery—the subject of the first global manhunt—bribed his way into the Bahamas | Continue reading
The German Expressionist painter Franz Marc found a subject worth celebrating in the early 20th century | Continue reading
A steep, lush massif—the country's highest peak at 10,000 feet—beckons adventurers | Continue reading
The technology, which translates the intensity of sunlight into a range of sounds, was designed to make eclipses more accessible to visually impaired people | Continue reading
Discovered at a housing development in England, the complex's buildings may be nearly 2,000 years old | Continue reading
The discovery is cluing researchers into the techniques used to build Rome’s most remarkable structures | Continue reading
The small birds use brain “barcodes” to remember where they stash food, according to new research | Continue reading
Excavations revealed a moat, pipes, jewelry, coins and other artifacts amidst the structure's ruins | Continue reading
These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History | Continue reading
Despite being the smallest country in Southeast Asia, the city-state is now home to the largest population of the straw-headed bulbul | Continue reading
A new book shows how pioneering ballerinas captivated audiences and broke racial barriers | Continue reading
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation | Continue reading
The infamous prop has long been the source of heated debate: Did Jack really have to die? | Continue reading
New research suggests plastic particles may pose a threat to the preservation of historic remains | Continue reading
The drawing, which the owner recently donated to a museum, depicts the North Carolina Brigade passing through Philadelphia in 1777 | Continue reading
A couple of eastern North Pacific populations of orcas have qualities that set them apart, according to researchers | Continue reading
Genetic analysis of DNA from his skeleton offers not only a first glimpse at his face, but also insight into his mysterious death | Continue reading
Around the globe, teams of women are taking on traditionally male-dominated roles | Continue reading