More than 6,000 animal fossils were found in Indonesia, and two of them belong to Homo erectus

The tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be on display at the British Museum in 2026. Officials have been trying to arrange the loan for decades

Scientists say wild tomato plants on the archipelago's western islands are experiencing "reverse evolution" and reverting back to ancestral traits

An immersive new exhibition at the Intrepid Museum in New York City spotlights the science and technology behind the discipline

Known as Peñico, the city is now open to tourists. It was once a vibrant urban center that connected coastal, mountain and jungle communities

The superhero from Krypton has a forgotten superpower: the ability to connect to people across space and time

Breathtaking views of glaciers, volcanoes and animals were celebrated in the competition’s inaugural year

After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the location of the vessel's bow has been a mystery

Red sprites are among a class of enigmatic weather phenomena that appear over thunderstorms, known as Transient Luminous Events

From unexplained phenomena to baffling disappearances, follow the clues while discovering our country’s treasured protected areas

The partial vertebra appeared inside a 2.5-inch-diameter column of rock that researchers drilled, earning the title of the oldest and deepest dinosaur fossil found in Denver

The Paris museum has launched a competition to design a new entrance and underground exhibition spaces, including one dedicated to the "Mona Lisa"

These 15 images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest remind us of the grandeur of Greece

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the rise of other giants

The thief likely took the trove when he worked for the Dutch National Archives in 2015. Recently, someone found them in storage and contacted art detective Arthur Brand

Sixty-five years after it first hit store shelves, the iconic, red-framed drawing toy continues to enchant kids, artists, and collectors alike

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals have

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease inside

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ancient city of Caracol

Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late Jurassic period roughly 145 million years ago