Divers in Japan have uncovered a fascinating new sea creature, Clavelina ossipandae, that resembles a panda skeleton and holds mysteries about color evolution in marine life.

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

Peter Phillips, who has died aged 86, was a pioneer of Pop art in Britain; of all his peers, he emerged as “the most ...

Photographer Andrei Duman uses X-rays to create the images in “Beyond the Surface.” The objects displayed include an Enigma ...

Get ready for a journey into the world of science like you’ve never seen before! These incredible and mind-blowing experiments will challenge everything you thought you knew about the laws of nature, ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

From Australia to Cuba, and Mexico to South Africa, our planet is home to hundreds of beautiful shark species.

Heleveria is a PhD student in Petr Kovaříček’s lab at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. Her research ...

Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading ...

The exhibit, titled “Our Ocean, Close-Up,” features detailed portraits of species found in Hawaiʻi’s waters, painted by 11th ...

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment ...