It is hard to imagine the United States without the Constitution. This short document, drafted in 1787 in a hot and stuffy ...

Experts have confirmed that the image of "Knight, Death and the Devil" is a real master engraving by the renowned German ...

To boost the iconic queen conch's population, researchers are relocating the heat-stressed creatures to cooler, deeper waters ...

In the wrap-up of “Objects of Wonder,” hundreds of the museum’s most treasured specimens are returning to the collection ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

His American art collection now resides at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, which opened as the Freer Gallery ...

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, as the fear of nuclear Armageddon hung over American and Soviet citizens, ...

Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days ...

Through a convening of educators and community organizations, new education resources for students spotlight local histories ...

The artist's cityscapes, once dismissed as too masculine, would later influence the floral artworks that became central to ...

New research suggests the sarcophagus' occupant, previously known only as "the horseman," is Joachim du Bellay, a French ...

The discoveries include sharks, shorebirds, mammals and saber-toothed salmon, with the oldest remains dating to almost nine ...