Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water ...

Found in a Polish forest, the town of Stolzenberg appears to have been built around the turn of the 14th century. Surveys ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Sound-based deterrents could help keep the animals away from fast-moving cars and dangerous landscaping equipment ...

Now on display in London, "Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold" features 3,000-year-old artifacts alongside virtual reality experiences that transport museumgoers to the 13th century B.C.E.

Pet owners often pick "designer dogs" because they think they’ll be easier to train and friendlier with kids than purebreds. A new study suggests that's not always the case ...

Archaeologists were puzzled when they found parrot feathers in a pre-Inca burial in coastal Peru. A new study suggests that the birds were captured in the wild and kept alive over lengthy journeys ...

See some darling—and some dangerous—animals in images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...

More than a century ago, the massive mammals actually grazed beside the Smithsonian Castle. As of today, two large sculptures continue that legacy as they flank the museum’s main entrance ...

Crowds once mingled below two tall arcades supported by 164-foot-tall columns. But due to earthquakes and unstable foundations, these architectural elements collapsed long ago ...