A solitary lioness in her new home of Akagera, Rwanda, is tracking a herd of impala. Two problems: The impala here are stronger than the ones back home
From heirloom potatoes to honeybee sperm, this collection works to preserve our invaluable agricultural diversity
The crown-of-thorns starfish eats coral reefs; coral reefs happen to be the home of the guard crab
Urban environments change the behavior of predator species—and that might have big implications for humans
The ancient and controversial procedure was used for a slew of reasons, but to 'let the headache out' was not one of them
While some still use the term, experts abhor it because it implies that life is a linear hierarchy
Your plastic credit card, microwaveable popcorn and erection enhancers all owe to a fortuitous moment of connection
Wrasse perform a vital cleaning function for other fish, by ridding their bodies of dead cells and parasites
Greenland sharks, which can live more than 400 years, reveal how little we know about life in the coldest oceans
Robert Higgins has spent his career dredging out tiny creatures from dirt and obscurity
For use in the classroom or your community, a list of lesson plans and other teaching materials on women's history in America
By drawing out hidden connections, Tilly Edinger joined the fields of geology and neurology
Collecting the stories of women who forever changed the course of the American story
Smithsonian.com is sharing the stories of women scientists who also changed the world, but were written out of history.
By identifying the first pulsars, Jocelyn Bell Burnell set the stage for discoveries in black holes and gravitational waves
Technology could be a conservation gamechanger, but we need to interrogate its impact on wildlife
The almost 450,000 square miles encompass a stunning diversity of marine life, including hundreds of species found nowhere else
Researchers piece together a 43,000-years-old tableau of an injured adult and concerned young
On the beaches of the Great Barrier Reef, the first turtle hatchlings emerge from their shells and make a run for the ocean
Archaeologists pushed back the date of cave paintings at three sites to 65,000 years ago—20,000 years before the arrival of humans in Europe
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