More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...

Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, a new genetic investigation suggests ...

By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heels ...

Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a soccer field in southwest Scotland that date to the 17th century ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

Angler Christopher Thuss stumbled upon the scuttled tugboat "J.C. Ames," which was located just nine feet below the surface off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...