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 ...

A striking natural spectacle emerged on the dried-up bed of Palas Tuzla Lake in Turkey's Kayseri province. Drone footage from early August captured water channels and branching salt crusts that ...

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 ...

Wild facts about our ancestors that genuinely reshape the family tree ...