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Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects...

These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends

The Motus Wildlife Tracking System has put nearly 50,000 incredibly lightweight radio transmitters on birds, bats and insects. We caught up...

From Alaska to Peru and the Himalayas, glacial lakes are suddenly breaking free and causing deaths and millions of dollars in damages

Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and more

Find your inner Lorax and enjoy the glory of the forest and the trees in these submissions

New programs in India are helping to reduce conflict between humans and the big cats by educating communities and helping those who have bee...

Photographer Thorben Danke combines hundreds of shots to create breathtaking images of the tiny creatures

Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković changed our understanding of Earth’s climate—and did a key part of his work while detained by Austro-Hu...

Human innards are teeming with viruses that infect bacteria. Here's what scientists are learning about them

A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species

Chemists accidentally discovered the material in 1938, and since then it has been used for everything from helping to create the first atomi...

Archaeologists argue that ancient fire pits were used for constructing the area's distinctive boats

Marine biologists discovered that a protein that boosts fluorescent output also enables an antioxidant property

Never forget your favorite pachyderm with these memorable images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

NASA researchers are scrutinizing rocks and dirt brought to Earth from the asteroid Bennu

A massive project prompted by the wildly destructive Hurricane Ike offers a solutions-based preview of our climate future

PaleoScan offers scientists at far-flung institutions a less expensive way to digitize their collections and preserve at-risk specimens of f...

A new study found 22,000 previously unidentified lunar seismic events recorded between 1969 and 1977

This majestic big cat is one of the world’s most recognizable

Aging parasitologists are working hard to inspire more students to enter the field

The first jungles dense with flowering plants only formed after an asteroid impact wiped out the giant creatures

In patterns that may sound familiar, long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep and macaques are up to in their twilight years

Technology has advanced sports including fencing and pole vaulting

This summer, don’t be embarrassed by those pit stains or your drenched workout clothes. Our expert on the science of sweat says perspiration...