The change measured by the Mauna Loa Observatory was likely driven by wildfires and continued burning of fossil fuels, ...

It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan ...

President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, and among ...

Ivan Kashinsky has traveled the world for Smithsonian magazine, but when disaster struck earlier this month, he rushed home ...

Based in Los Angeles, Ivan Kashinsky is a documentary photographer who has worked extensively in Latin America. He has worked ...

The rare papers were part of a larger collection from rock journalist Al Aronowitz, a close friend of Dylan’s in the 1960s ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...

A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

With a “To infinity … and beyond!” Toy Story captured the hearts of kids and adults alike when it reached theaters in 1995.

Designed to keep prices low and conserve wax paper, the ban, enacted on this day in 1943, only succeeded in making Americans ...