Cherokee author Vanessa Lillie’s latest thriller, "The Bone Thief," blends mystery and Native history as she meets readers on ...
Everyone knows about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, but did you know the U.S. is home to over 130 national monuments just ...
SPOKANE, Wash. - An Asotin man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one misdemeanor count of disturbing an archaeological resource for digging and collecting artifacts within the Umatilla National Forest in ...
A new study of maize kernels is upending assumptions about Native American agriculture. It was thought that Iroquoian people living in the northeastern United States needed to move their villages ...
Archaeologists in Wisconsin have uncovered a cluster of 16 dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, including one that dates back ...
Tucked away in the college town of Laramie, with the magnificent Snowy Range Mountains creating a postcard-perfect backdrop, lies a bargain hunter’s paradise that will forever change your perception ...
Stuffing evolved from simple bread-and-herb mixtures to countless variations incorporating oysters, sausage, cornbread, ...
He was caught on trail cams disturbing an archaeological area on national forest land in the Blue Mountains of Washington.
Thousands of artifacts were found at Fones Cliffs, an area that was once home to a Virginia tribe that John Smith wrote about ...
Archaeologists uncover 16 Indigenous canoes, one older than the Pyramids, revealing a vast prehistoric travel network.
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long linen cloth crafted in the eleventh century, depicts scenes from William the Conqueror’s invasion of England and his defeat of Harold Godwinson, England’s last ...
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...