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A brief history of road ecology, the scientific discipline that is helping us understand our impact on the environment and how to diminish i...

Get up close and personal with a birder’s-eye view of the United States, as reflected by our beloved feathered neighbors

The endangered creature is a target for fishing off the coast of the Bahamas—and a magnet for ecotourists who just might save it

A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found

A study proposes that the population that gave rise to modern humans may have been reduced to roughly 1,300 reproducing individuals

Researchers search the shores of Molokai for fossils to help predict the impact of melting ice sheets on our oceans

Public health experts are borrowing a technique from the tech world in hopes of spurring patients to get preventative care

Two journalists who chronicle explorers, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, reflect on what visiting the depths of the ocean can—and can...

A new generation of private space stations is opening up a promising frontier for movies and television shows

Researchers use historic remnants like antlers, shells, teeth and pollen to learn how natural communities once worked

Genetic analysis shows that Ötzi was descended from farmers who migrated from an area that is now part of Turkey

Artist Greg Dunn creates breathtaking renderings of neurons and their surrounding anatomy

In the latest episode of “There’s More to That,” learn about the Western waterway that affects the lives of everyone in the United States

The chief pilot of a deep-sea submersible recounts exploring Loihi, which will become Hawaii’s next island

The reptiles may be aware that primate infants are in trouble—and an easy meal

New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists

Researchers found the rare remains in Canada

The sex frequently neglected by birders and scientists takes the spotlight in the Audubon Photography Awards’ Female Bird Prize

An anthropologist ponders whether a children's pastime in the Philippines, pitting the creatures against each other in wrestling matches, de...

Paleontologists say more non-avian dinos are waiting to be uncovered than have previously been found

In the rainy mountains along the country’s west coast, a movement has begun to bring back an ecosystem that has been gone for centuries

The heat-resistant organism in antler coral may help it adapt as ocean temperatures increase

Researchers in Oregon hope a surprising aroma will lure stray fish back to their home hatcheries

The apex predators also surge onto shorelines to capture seals and engage in mysterious greeting ceremonies

In a collection pulled from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest, catch a wave with these predators of the sea