"The Dream (The Bed)," a self-portrait created in 1940, sold for $54.7 million. The previous record holder, Georgia ...

The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

Titled "St. Francis of Assisi," the 1747 standing portrait of the church's namesake was stolen in 2001, along with several ...

Payne liked the creative challenge of finding beauty and order in places that were traditionally unphotogenic or cluttered, ...

Smithsonian's educational travel program was one of the first of its kind when it debuted nationally in 1970, and it quickly ...

An interview with Don Felder, Althea Gibson's second cousin, where he shares personal memories of the tennis legend and ...

Aaron G. Fountain Jr. is a historian with a PhD in history from Indiana University. He is the author of High School Students ...

Grab a porch swing near the waterfront in the city’s downtown area. Check out a museum or two, and enjoy some Southern cooking before taking a walk in historic and well-preserved neighborhoods. If a ...

Located in the mountains of western Norway, the facility was likely used by Iron Age hunters to trap and kill wild reindeer.

As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons ...