Researchers have discovered ancient time capsules in South America. Specifically, they found amber samples in an Ecuadorian ...

Hilda Baci, whose winning dish weighed more than 19,000 pounds, had previously been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ...

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A new analysis finds that 30,000 more Americans are expected to die from wildfire-smoke exposure annually by 2050 ...

This year’s competition expanded to Chile and Colombia and introduced new prizes focused on migratory species, habitats and ...

Police have arrested and charged three suspects in connection with the incident, which took place at at the Houmas House Estate and Gardens in Louisiana ...

Valborg “Mama” Gravander helped build a community based on her heritage and skill. A piece of her legacy is now on display at ...

The Ohio Wildlife Center has been sending injured and orphaned wildlife to Marion for rehabilitation since the 1990s.

Sarah Rogers Morris is an American Women’s History Initiative curatorial research assistant at the Renwick Gallery.

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer ...

A remarkable fossil in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection reveals that the ancestors of modern flightless ...

Using MRI scans, researchers found that participants’ patterns of brain activity were alike when looking at certain colors.