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Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

Researchers find that about 5 percent of birds studied have a mismatch between genetic and physical sex—including one male ...

Newly restored after more than 100 years in storage, the hat was donated to Bolton’s first museum, the Chadwick Museum, by ...

The khipu knot-tying system was thought to have only been used by elites, but one artifact suggests commoners, too, knew how ...

In partnership with the British Museum, 900 Norman artifacts will be displayed across the reimagined space’s five floors ...

The Great Wall of China may be one of the country’s most iconic landmarks and tourist attractions, but there’s much more to ...

Many of today's internet users remember browsing the web for the first time via AOL dial-up. But as subscribers dwindle, the ...

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution ...

This past June, researchers congregated at the Smithsonian Marine Station to catalogue the vast diversity of tiny animals ...

The bridge, expected to cost more than $15 billion, would stretch more than two miles across the Messina Strait ...

Though the strange growths on these animals may look intimidating, experts say there’s not much to worry about, and they're ...