Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Museum of Contemporary American Teenager is teaming up with American University to bring ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

Veterinarians in Vietnam perform surgeries, prepare special diets and craft recovery routines for moon bears to give them a ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition ...

A new study combines A.I., radiocarbon dating and handwriting analysis to estimate new dates for some of the ancient scrolls, ...

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Early reports suggest that an issue with the Japanese lander's sensors prevented it from sufficiently slowing down ...

Between 2010 and 2021, authorities seized around five million individual sea horses worth more than $21 million ...

Mary Cassatt reshaped the art world by elevating everyday domestic moments into beautiful Impressionist works of art.

Trail cameras captured an elusive Leadbeater's possum in the Australian state of New South Wales, where they were thought to ...

Father's Day will be here before you know it! Smithsonian Books has "dad books" galore for you to choose from to make his day ...