For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

Satan in the land : nature, the supernatural, and disorder in colonial New England -- By the laws of nature and of nature's God: Declaring American independence -- King cotton: the cotton plant and ...

Despite the seemingly simple character of history, its epistemological underpinnings are too profound to be wished away. In other words, history is ontologically complex. However, sophisticated ...

The 14th century historiographer Ibn Khaldun probably wasn’t thinking about boxing when he wrote his theories on the cyclical nature of history, but his philosophies certainly seem to hold true in ...

It is easy to love Griffith Park, with its stunning views and iconic observatory. Same goes for Joshua Tree National Park, drawing millions each year with its transcendent desert views and ...

The Trump administration is reviewing the National Museum of Natural History as part of a broad inquiry into the Smithsonian Institute. The museum's exhibits cover Earth's 4.5-billion-year history, ...