Researchers are slowly restoring the endangered kākāpō using DNA sequencing, GPS tracking and tailored diets
The year's most exciting discoveries included a stolen Vincent van Gogh painting, a hidden medieval crypt and a gold-covered mummy
While the animals chew their cud, they also enter a state of rest
Found in the Tian Shan mountains, <em>Malus sieversii</em> could hold the secret to making other species of the fruit more stress-resistant
The United Nations climate change conference drew praise for new pledges and criticism for watered-down language
Smithsonian editors choose their favorite (mostly) nonfiction of (mostly) 2023
From an asteroid sample that was delivered to Earth to a discovery about human migration from North America, these were the biggest moments of the year
The scientists who study terns, puffins and other birds are trying to get fisheries managers to heed their warnings
Blackwater photographer Steven Kovacs takes spectacular shots of marine animals, helping scientists study tiny larval fish
In the absence of tourists, the animals increased within Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo National Park
From uncovering a tyrannosaur’s last meal to unlocking the secrets of a dino with a really long neck, these were the year’s biggest stories
Stomach contents from a juvenile Gorgosaurus reveal it feasted on small, bird-like species 75 million years ago
From stories on the depths of the ocean to the stars in the sky, these are the works that moved us the most this year
Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast
Highly anticipated before its arrival in late 1973, Kohoutek became an interplanetary punchline. But astronomers may have gotten the last laugh
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Spiking solar activity could mean more chances to see the awesome aurora borealis
The amazing microsleep strategy may be an adaptation to group living and lurking predators in a harsh Antarctic environment
As conflagrations become more difficult to contain, a citizen movement to try to manage them through “prescribed burns” is growing
The extremely valuable fish likely spawn in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean called the Slope Sea
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On Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a rare animal is thriving—for now
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