In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over ...

Northup’s memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best ...

Harriet Bell Hayden is believed to have helped hundreds of people fleeing slavery from her Beacon Hill residence ...

Goats, rodents and habitat loss threatened the snails on Deserta Grande Island, so the mollusks were reintroduced on a ...

Presented like pieces of fine art, the peculiar presents are mounted on the walls of a gallery in Toronto. Many of them will ...

The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice between Poppy and Hammie Mae ...

Many New Yorkers feel attached to the instantly recognizable R46s, which debuted in the summer of 1975. Officials say their ...

A new exhibition spotlights the ways in which cultures around the world have sought answers in the face of uncertainty ...

One of the smallest owls in North America, the northern saw-whet lives among us and is rarely seen—but one volunteer science ...

Throughout her years of obscurity, Butler rose daily to write before menial jobs as a potato chip inspector, dishwasher and ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Many donors search their pockets for spare change, but some generous individuals are giving away historic coins worth ...