Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

The quintessential superhero has always stood for truth and justice, but the final part of his catchphrase has morphed to ...

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...

The ceramic vessels contained the bones of pre-Columbian Indigenous people, as well as fish, frog and turtle remains ...

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

BARBARA CLARK SMITH is the curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...