New research suggests female reindeer antlers serve as postpartum snacks, with new moms munching on them after giving birth ...

Sometime between 1870 and 1890, someone corked a dark green bottle of booze and tossed it aside in Utah. Now, more than a ...

Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat ...

The crypt, which has been closed for renovations for the past six years, houses coffins containing members of the House of Hohenzollern ...

The phenomenon—with its video games, trading cards, shows, movies and merchandise—has generated billions in revenue ...

See for yourself why the country is called the ‘heart of Europe’ Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Allison Scates The Citadel of Dinant, a clifftop ...

Archaeologists raced to document the semi-fossilized tracks in eastern Scotland. They were likely made by humans, deer and ...

Researchers have found that some butterfly caterpillars mimic the meticulously timed movements of ants to win their favor and ...

Charlotte Meyer's grandfather acquired the artworks between 1900 and 1920. Now, they're going on view for the first time in ...

Tigers are the largest cat species. The subspecies called Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, are the biggest of ...

Now popping up in upscale restaurants, the carb-loaded national dish recently earned a spot on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage ...

About 30 seals at a California state park have died, and seven of them had the lethal virus. Lab results for the other animals are pending ...