Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...

The enormous organism is bigger than a blue whale and made up of millions of genetically identical, tiny animals called ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

The USS "Edsall," a 314-foot-long destroyer, fought off Japanese forces for more than an hour before sinking beneath the ...

Staffers at the Dorchester County Historical Society in Maryland were baffled by the unusual machine, so they asked the ...

November's spectacle closes out a series of four big and bright full moons that have captivated sky watchers since late ...

However, dinosaurs were only established as a group in the 1840s and no one was yet thinking about dinosaur eggs. As this ...

Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations—and ...

The now-beloved book, which centers on a sailor seeking revenge against a sperm whale, was initially met with lukewarm sales, ...

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM How Chef Elena Terry Revisited Heritage Seeds to Cultivate Hope Ho-Chunk Chef ...

Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...

A new exhibition at the author's home in Chawton, which has never previously displayed all six first-edition books together, ...