The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

The 26th U.S. president is both lauded as a conservationist and condemned as a big-game hunter. A new book recounts the ...

Following its latest acquisition, the Nivaagaard Collection has become a global leader in Renaissance and Baroque-period ...

As Baird Auditorium closes for renovation, NMNH reflects on its century-long legacy and the architectural marvels that make ...

The new record could help conservationists strategize ways to consider feline movements during construction of hydroelectric ...

The "Twin Peaks" director worked on some of his most famous projects at the seven-building estate—which is also featured in ...

Fantastical conflicts in outer space were a staple of popular culture in the 1980s. Yet one battle that reached into the ...

Paper airplanes flew, scientists sang about stomach bugs and one person dressed as a giant ball of mozzarella: Last Thursday, the 35th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony honored strange scientific pursuits with ...

As the National Museum of American History prepares to celebrate and commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

Visitors will learn about the making of the beloved summer blockbuster through more than 200 props, costumes, recreated sets ...

The 144-foot-long "F.J. King," which sank in Lake Michigan in 1886, was known as a "ghost ship" that nobody could locate ...

A new study suggests at least 24 species of fish are reproducing in the urban river, adding to the evidence that it is ...