Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the pigment's recipe was eventually lost to history

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics

With the help of gene-edited axolotls, researchers have gotten one step closer to enabling human limb regeneration

Two separate adult mountain lions were recorded with cubs in different parts of the state last year, offering the first evidence confirmed by state biologists that the cats could be breeding there

The two resulting artworks, "At the Café" and "Corner of a Café-Concert," both bear witness to vibrant social scenes from 19th-century Paris

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial human activity on Earth

Showcasing the Romantic artist's early innovations with oil paint, "The Rising Squall" could fetch up to $400,000. Before it was reattributed, it sold for just $506 at auction last year

Recent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when

A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France and the U.S., appearing in films and on the pages of glossy magazines

Get footloose with these Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest dance scenes

Titled "The Despair," the rare artwork just sold at auction for $1 million. For many years, its owners had assumed it was merely a copy

Two partial skeletons housed in a Mongolia museum were reexamined by researchers and found to represent a previously unknown species

A new analysis of the bones in the eatery’s garbage pit challenges the elite status of thrush in the Roman diet

Land managers and other authorities are ramping up efforts to trap and kill the destructive, non-native animals

For 60 years, cyclists have descended on the city of Motala in June to ride 196 miles around Lake Vättern and promote healthy living

Located near Auxerre, the grand estate once possessed an exorbitant level of wealth, with thermal baths and heated floors

Soon, the elaborately decorated artifact will be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum, joining more than 5,000 other items from the boy king's tomb

The method could help bring countless old paintings, currently stored in the back rooms of galleries with limited conservation budgets, to light

Researchers could identify people with almost 97 percent accuracy based on 24 hours of their recorded breathing patterns, and they also found links to a person’s mental and physical condition

The High Seas Treaty, which would allow nations to create marine protected areas in international waters, is now expected to take effect in early 2026—without the United States on board