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‘What on earth were they doing there?’ one researcher asks

The snails are an invasive crop pest that are known to eat more than just coffee rust

Together, the paintings—including one by Anthony van Dyck—could be worth around £10 million if sold on the open market

New research reveals a Tang Dynasty woman's love for sports—and big-eared, braying equids

Lead decontamination policies enacted in August are now in conflict with measures to prevent spread of COVID-19

The vineyard deploys a daily bird-based battalion to pluck snails and insects off their plants

Delaying the Games for a year is considered by many to be the best course of action for public health

The California landmark is closed, but you can explore its bizarre architectural features from afar

The liquid inside is 3 percent alcohol by volume—and contains 0.13 milligrams of lead per liter

Titles related to "home-life" subjects—like preserving and canning—have also experienced a boost in sales

Hailing from all over Australia, the spiders were identified by a scientist who used to fear them

New calculations show that the ring of light surrounding a black hole is actually made up of infinite subrings that can’t be seen with current technology

Researchers compared tree rings from around the world to determine that a volcano on Santorini probably erupted in 1560 B.C.

Audible's new service is aimed at school-age children participating in distance learning but features selections likely to appeal to all

Researchers found that almost half of the mountain lions they tested showed signs of plague infection

Starved of resources, these hardy bacteria still eke out a living, suggesting life forms could survive in the harsh habitats on other planets

The severity of this year's bleaching is second only to 2016, during which a third of the reef’s corals died

The art within Shing Yin Khor's virtual world represents a sassy response to the game's built-in natural history museum

Select Andrew Lloyd Webber productions will stream on YouTube for 48 hours at a time

A new analysis of ancient ostrich eggs at the British Museum underscores the interconnectedness of the ancient world

Researchers shared a video of this massive siphonophore, one of the longest of its kind ever recorded

New scans suggest unhatched dinosaurs reabsorbed a set of teeth during development

The nine classes span contemporary art, fashion and photography

This eruption is the longest since 2018 when the volcano caused a deadly tsunami

From shy to bold with shades in between, dolphin personalities are surprisingly similar to ours

Blending marshmallows with scientific rigor, the contest offers levity during a difficult time

A star 100-times more massive than the sun exploded with 10-times more energy than a normal-sized supernova

The creator behind the reptilian repertoire hopes many more pet museums are in the works

The sites include the 5,000-year-old tomb of Meresankh III, the Red Monastery and the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq

"Occupy White Walls" allows players to design their own art galleries—and explore others' out-of-the-box creations

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The Rubin Museum of Art and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art offer an array of relaxing experiences

Study suggests alleged exoplanet may have been a cloud of asteroid debris

The 20th-century architect defined a uniquely American style that used nature-inspired motifs and horizontal lines

The Archaeological Institute of America launched its Build Your Own Monument challenge early to inspire families quarantining at home

After missing years of shears, the voluminous creature had ballooned to about five times the size of a typical sheep

Perhaps the fictional Hogwarts founder would have appreciated the honor

New scans revealed the figure's now-faded eyelashes and green backdrop, but her identity remains a mystery

The virus tweaks bee behavior to infect new hives and may also spread other hive-killing pathogens and pests

A study of microbial communities at the site of a 1989 deep-sea mining test suggests the fragile ecosystem may take half a century to fully recover

The carvings, which depict animals including camels, leopards, cows and mules, may date back to 3000 B.C.

The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images

Buried in a mass grave in Mexico City, the trio may have been part of the first generation abducted from their homeland and brought to the New World

The rankings stay much the same from year to year, but in 2019, Pembroke Welsh corgis broke the top ten for the first time

The Asian giant hornet, seen for the first time in North America in 2019, is unlikely to murder you or U.S. bees, according to a Smithsonian entomologist

The ancient Egyptian girl was only 15 or 16 years old when she died

Each night, the institution will post an encore showing of an opera from its "Met Live in HD" series

The app features a database of some two million artworks housed at more than 120 venues

Pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr., trumpeter Wallace Roney, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli succumbed to complications caused by the novel coronavirus