A Smithsonian folklorist looks back and finds stories that explain how a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evil
The environmental icon’s latest series, “Mammals,” showcases the threats humanity has created for our relatives
Untold Stories of American History
In 1780, astronomer Samuel Williams journeyed to British-controlled territory to view a total solar eclipse
The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on protected land
How deep faith created one of the loveliest—and most curious—sacred objects in the Smithsonian collections
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
Two perspectives on the astronomical phenomenon that has fascinated humans for as long as we’ve been watching the skies
In the last decade, a truly homegrown effort has bubbled up in the United States
Psychedelic hedgehogs, purple pineapples, living strawberries—these tiny creatures show off their big personalities off the Australian coast
In the late 17th century, Henry Avery—the subject of the first global manhunt—bribed his way into the Bahamas
The German Expressionist painter Franz Marc found a subject worth celebrating in the early 20th century
A steep, lush massif—the country's highest peak at 10,000 feet—beckons adventurers
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation
A new book shows how pioneering ballerinas captivated audiences and broke racial barriers
Despite being the smallest country in Southeast Asia, the city-state is now home to the largest population of the straw-headed bulbul
Protect your eyesight with eclipse glasses, binoculars, telescopes or lens filters
Around the globe, teams of women are taking on traditionally male-dominated roles
This year’s top photographs capture the quiet and chaotic from the American South to East Asia
Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills, yet dentistry is often siloed
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