Found at West Point, the 200-year-old box concealed six silver coins and a medal | Continue reading
Two major telescopes in Hawaii and Chile and a handful of smaller observatories have been offline for weeks following an apparent cyberattack | Continue reading
Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, has been largely empty for the last two weeks amid Canada's worst fire season on record | Continue reading
A company is planning a mission to recover artifacts, including the famed Marconi wireless telegraph, in 2024 | Continue reading
The endangered creature is a target for fishing off the coast of the Bahamas—and a magnet for ecotourists who just might save it | Continue reading
The rare silver denarius was minted during the rule of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.) | Continue reading
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts | Continue reading
A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found | Continue reading
Charlotte Butler Skinner spent decades chronicling glorious mountains and deserts, in the company of Dorothea Lange and other influential friends | Continue reading
These highlights from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest commemorate Labor Day | Continue reading
The footprints are normally submerged under the water and silt of the Paluxy River, part of which has dried up this summer | Continue reading
The owner had no idea the painting was an original when she found it in a New Hampshire thrift store | Continue reading
Working with one of her teachers, the 16-year-old student found the fossil, which may represent a new species, on her family’s property | Continue reading
A study proposes that the population that gave rise to modern humans may have been reduced to roughly 1,300 reproducing individuals | Continue reading
The annual measurements help zookeepers track each animal's health over time | Continue reading
Some 20,000 octopuses congregate near an inactive underwater volcano off California's coast, using heat from thermal springs to hatch their eggs faster | Continue reading
The Smithsonian American Art Museum brings its latest time-based media art to the widest possible audience, including the deaf and hearing impaired | Continue reading
How mead, one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages, could become the drink of the future | Continue reading
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany's efforts to build an atomic bomb | Continue reading
Archaeologists found the stone structures—along with a rich collection of artifacts—in a gravel quarry | Continue reading
The hurricane is the strongest to strike the state’s Big Bend area in about 125 years | Continue reading
The plan could threaten the landmark's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site | Continue reading
Some kind of "catastrophic" event, such as a sudden freeze or flood, likely killed all the young adult bees at once, according to a new study | Continue reading
A new study reveals that some of the charcoal drawings date to between 1670 and 1830 | Continue reading
The new freezing technique could reinvigorate corals suffering from warming oceans—or even preserve human organs in the future | Continue reading
Amid snowcapped mountains, sandy dunes, a wild seacoast and more, the legacy of the country's Moorish past can still be explored across the peninsula | Continue reading
The forgotten figure symbolized the hopes—and myths—of the early United States | Continue reading
Travelers can use the field, clubhouse and batting cages of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos | Continue reading
Using DNA analysis and historic records, his work allows us to look ancient humans in the eye | Continue reading
A gene that occurs naturally in some cow breeds may be the key to helping cattle thrive as temperatures rise because of climate change | Continue reading
A new exhibition will be the first survey of the cultural movement in New York City since 1987 | Continue reading
The television personality, who died last week at 99, was part of a match that made game show history | Continue reading
The incident in Australia is the first known occurrence of the roundworm—typically found in snakes—infecting the brain of a mammal | Continue reading
A local man happened upon the wreckage while jet skiing earlier this month | Continue reading
Scientists can measure uranium isotopes in tortoise and turtle shells to understand the environmental impact of past nuclear events, a new study reports | Continue reading
A new sculpture and an upcoming restoration are breathing life into the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, one of 19th-century Britain’s most curious creations | Continue reading
Before he changed aviation forever, the daredevil achieved an unparalleled speed record on land | Continue reading
At the Terezin concentration camp, some of Europe's top artists found solace in creating new work. Today one musician is determined to give them an encore | Continue reading
Since its launch in 2003, the seasonal drink has helped spawn a cultural phenomenon | Continue reading
Handwritten annotations in the Tudor king's psalter show how he looked to scripture to justify his break from Rome and the annulment of his first marriage | Continue reading
A rediscovered drawing of the iconic children's book character and his friend Piglet could sell for thousands at auction | Continue reading
When they can't bring food back to the den, the animals retrieve bones, sticks and antlers for their young to chew on—and biologists captured it on video | Continue reading
The new film dramatizes Bayard Rustin's efforts to pull off an event of unprecedented scale | Continue reading
The draft on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was produced a few hours before King took to the podium | Continue reading
The experimental interface allows the patient to communicate through a digital avatar, and it's faster than her current system | Continue reading
Researchers search the shores of Molokai for fossils to help predict the impact of melting ice sheets on our oceans | Continue reading
After more than 100 years, the renowned writer's script resurfaced in a Texas archive | Continue reading
The small room with two beds—but only one mattress—sheds new light on slavery in a Roman villa near Pompeii | Continue reading