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A scientific mission to the animals' tropical forest home in South East Asia led to the find.

Shawn Michael Warren, a 36-year-old artist from Chicago, has achieved a momentous milestone as his portrait of Oprah Winfrey was added to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Fans, like artist Toby Tyler, celebrate the iconic movie Die Hard this holiday season. While the debate rages on if the movie is a Christmas one, the N.C. screenwriter says it is one.

CHERRY CREEK — After 15 years, Cherry Creek’s historian is retiring. Born and raised in Cherry Creek, Sharon Howe Sweeting spent much of her time traveli

A long standing pattern of letting livestock producers off the hook continues, even as billions pour into the industry.

Powered by compressed air, the system transported millions of letters between 1897 and 1953

Celebrate the holiday season with festive shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

An ambitious politician, financial investor and enslaver, Poinsett was a secret agent for the U.S. government in South America who fought for the Chilean army against Spain during Chile’s War for Independence in the early 1800s.

Certain sights and sounds are ingrained in the holiday season, from twinkling lights to carols piping over retailers sound systems. Amid the shelves of holiday wares and delicacies, fruitcake makes its annual appearance.

Scientists identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia.