The iconic prop, which went for $14.75 million at auction, is one of several sleds used in the production of Orson Welles' ...

Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated. Only about 15 percent of snakes have harmful venom. The number ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Researchers found that trees in Wisconsin that had become hosts to the eye-catching species hosted only half the fungal ...

NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...

Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

“Preserved blood vessel structures, like we have found in Scotty’s rib bone, appear linked to areas where the bone was ...

Paleontologists have discovered what appears to be one of the largest dinosaur courtship arenas in the world, just 15 miles ...