Is Wildfire Smoke Causing Birds to Tend to Empty Nests?
New studies suggest smoke from western megafires may be damaging bird health and leading to strange behavior
In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth’s Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years
Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit
There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush
A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion
Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years
New research on branching animals known as octocorals pushes the early days of bioluminescence back over 200 million years
What Myths About the Anthropocene Get Wrong
These ten misconceptions underplay how much we have altered the global environment and undermine the new perspective we need to deal with a drastically changed world
What Happened to the Extinct Woolly Dog?
Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton in the Smithsonian collections found that the Indigenous breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it
Scientists Cryopreserve and Revive Coral Fragments in a World First for Conservation
The new freezing technique could reinvigorate corals suffering from warming oceans—or even preserve human organs in the future
Our Human Relatives Butchered and Ate Each Other 1.45 Million Years Ago
Telltale marks on a bone from an early human’s leg could be the earliest evidence of cannibalism
This Eye in the Sky Promises Major Insights Into the Air We Breathe
The satellite mission TEMPO will detect pollutants at a neighborhood scale across the nation
Probiotics May Help Corals Fight a Dangerous Disease Off Florida’s Coast
The new treatment shows promise in lab experiments
Who Made the First Stone Tool Kits?
A nearly three-million-year-old butchering site packed with animal bones, stone implements and molars from our early ancestors reignites the debate
The Top Eight Ocean Stories of 2022
The biggest saltwater moments of the year included major discoveries that inspired awe
Paleontologists May Have Solved the Mystery Behind a Prehistoric Reptile Graveyard
Ichthyosaur mothers likely migrated to the site to give birth
More Than Half of U.S. Bird Populations Are Shrinking
An alarming report indicates that dozens of species are likely to become federally endangered without preventive action
Why Eelgrass in the Atlantic Ocean Faces an Uphill Battle
The Ice Age left the plant off our East Coast with less genetic diversity than its relative in the Pacific
Scientists Find Most Complete Atlantic Gray Whale Skeleton Ever
The fossil, uncovered in North Carolina, shows signs of butchering
The Wide World of Smithsonian Scientific Research
With astonishing new discoveries in the cosmos and pivotal research much closer to home, Smithsonian science proves indispensable
Could Ants, Termites and Fishes Make Humans Better Farmers?
Scientists are now revealing the agricultural expertise that other species have cultivated for tens of millions of years
Some Whales Can Eat Upwards of 16 Tons of Tiny Shrimp a Day
The giant mammals consume enormous quantities of marine organisms, three times more than previously thought, then their poop fertilizes the sea
Zoo’s Historic Newborn Tamarin Twins Cling to Mom, Doing What Healthy Babies Do
Keepers worked with breeding parents Lola and Coco, who soon “become very interested in each other”
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