More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...

Angler Christopher Thuss stumbled upon the scuttled tugboat "J.C. Ames," which was located just nine feet below the surface off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin ...

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey ...

Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves ...

These seafaring shots are harbored in the archives of the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest You don’t have to love water or ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today ...

Written with clarity and wit by two top scientists, North American Tree Squirrels illuminates the everyday lives of gray and ...