America's national park sites saw a record number of visitors last year. Great Smoky Mountains, Zion and Grand Canyon ...

Two kittens, believed to be between 7 and 9 weeks old, were photographed by a motorist in the western Upper Peninsula ...

Long thought to be a family heirloom, the artwork was actually gifted to the British prime minister in 1942 during the ...

Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it ...

This preferred direction of spin might be due to one of two reasons: either our entire universe exists in a black hole, or ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

It's a question visitors ask staff all the time at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Bird House. The answer may surprise you!

Players’ and managers’ efforts to work the umpires to contract or expand the strike zone have long been a part of the game.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Situated just outside of Charlotte, this lush retreat mirrors Queen Charlotte’s fascination ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West Texas when he spotted something unusual sticking out of the ...

The Dublin-based Irish Pub Company has designed upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries around the globe ...