The symbolic artifact, which has been used for centuries during the coronations of Scottish and English monarchs, is on display at the Perth Museum ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...

Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

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Behind the scenes, Smithsonian care teams welcomed four animal babies from three imperiled species: Hartmann’s mountain zebra ...

Paleontologists have discovered what appears to be one of the largest dinosaur courtship arenas in the world, just 15 miles ...

The medieval writer made puzzling references to a story called "The Song of Wade," which has been lost to history. Only a few ...

Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian nights, trekking through the rainforest together, according to videos ...

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

Bill Dilworth, who died at age 70, had carefully maintained the curious art installation—known as "The New York City Earth ...

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...