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Researchers examined 15,000-year-old stone art and suggest the makers were inspired to show movement by dynamic lighting of the fireside env...

The Scablands were formed by tremendous and rapid change, and may have something to teach us about geological processes on Mars

The creatures’ annual protracted snoozes have much to tell us about the biology of mammals, ourselves included

Sophisticated climate models were paired with evidence from the archeological record to reveal where ancient humans may have lived and evolv...

Scientists have monitored the region closely for generations, and these are some of the most dramatic shifts they’ve seen

Cycads have changed a great deal since they first appeared around 280 million years ago, and habitat loss and illegal trade are now threats

A new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel, 'The Color of Care,' produced by Oprah Winfrey, shines a light on medicine’s biases

From ducks to dolphins, females have developed sex organs that help them deter undesirable suitors and derive pleasure from non-reproductive...

Researchers administered oxytocin to captive animals, and preliminary results showed the big cats were less hostile towards strangers

To reproduce, of course. And a band of volunteers gathers at night to help it—and countless other amphibians—get to the other side