On the Isle of Man, a metal detectorist has discovered a squished fragment of a 11th-century Viking treasure: a piece of an ...

Hikers at Joseph D. Grant County Park, just outside of San Jose, saw an Argentine black and white tegu last week—and rangers ...

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Museum of Contemporary American Teenager is teaming up with American University to bring ...

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Between 2010 and 2021, authorities seized around five million individual sea horses worth more than $21 million ...

Lillian Ali is an editorial intern with Smithsonian magazine. The artifacts discovered in a cave—which include dart tips, a boomerang and a spear-throwing tool—were dated to as far back as ...

Lillian Ali is an editorial intern with Smithsonian magazine. “The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature more than 250 photographs White-nose ...

Titled “ The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910 ,” the show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City features ...