After sequencing the DNA of the world’s only Emmons’s tree rat specimen, museum scientists have returned to the Bornean forest to learn more about the mysterious rodent ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his 15th death warrant of the year, sending Daniel Owen Conahan, Jr. to the execution chamber. What ...

A smartly dressed man found dead on a beach in Adelaide, Australia, in 1948 - with a cryptic message in his pocket - baffled investigators for decades.

How effective are native, cavity-nesting birds at providing pest control on farms? Researchers with the Smithsonian's ...

Ancient trees—those that are remarkably old for their species—are declining worldwide, raising concerns about the loss of the ecological and evolutionary history they represent. Their exceptional ...