About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open, but some 20,000 years ago their ancestors lived in a cave ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.

The wolf seemed to know exactly what she was doing. She dove into the water, fetched a fishing float and brought it to shore. She then waded back in and tugged on a rope connected to the float. She ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

Paleontologists from Petrified Forest National Park and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History named and described a new species of "unusual, long-necked reptile" after microfossils of the ...

Animals face more than flames during a wildfire — the real struggle often begins once the fire is out. As of August 18, 25 fires were burning roughly 213,000 acres across Colorado, according to ...

Discover how 210‑million‑year‑old dinosaur footprints in Stelvio National Park illuminate prosauropod behavior and today’s Alpine landscape.

When animal charity rescuer Lisa Dean got a tip-off to look for a missing dog at a farm, she did not know it would lead to the discovery of hundreds of neglected animals. Ms Dean, founder of Beauty's ...