These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs ...

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

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In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

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The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category ...

Very much to the point is the following quotation from a talk by Captain Hyde-­Pearson, a veteran of the World War, shortly before he was killed in the air mail service: ‘We risk our necks; we give ...

Kim Jong Un claimed his regime's missile program is a necessary deterrent amid continuing threats from external forces.

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"Cleaner fish will be the first non-human animals to be shown to possess private self-awareness," the researchers said.

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