Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...

Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, ...

The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

Farmer Wilson Bentley was the first to photograph the tiny snow crystals individually, and his collection reveals that each ...

What was once a simple paper card has evolved with the tech of the times as it has gone from protecting our roads to playing ...

A smart wheelchair, an A.I.-powered tennis ball launcher, a mirror that reports on your health and more were on display at ...

City leaders vowed to repair or replace the damaged artwork by sculptor Paul Dubois, which is on loan from the Musée d'Orsay ...

The untitled 26-foot-tall piece now hangs in the seven-story atrium of General Motor's new global headquarters in Detroit ...

Frida Kahlo, 1933, by Magda Pach, from Smithsonian museum collections; Taj Mahal, completed 1643, Agra, India; Starry Night, ...