While seemingly unreported at the time, the pilfering was uncovered by historian Barnaby Phillips as part of his research for ...
A blue morpho butterfly, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America Derkarts via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 ...
Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...
A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...
The sale places pop culture artifacts in conversation with Japan's rich visual traditions. According to Christie's, these items "trace the enduring resonance of motifs, techniques and narratives roote ...
Smithsonian curator Carolyn Russo’s new book The Ascent of Rauschenberg explores the artist's fascination with flight ...
A new study suggests that the deadly insects evolved their taste for human blood much earlier than previously thought, around when Homo erectus migrated into Southeast Asia ...
The stamp features a modern image by Montana-based wildlife photographer Tom Murphy alongside a historic bison stamp design from 1923 ...
Evelyn Iritani is the author of Safe Passage and An Ocean Between Us: The Changing Relationship of Japan and the United ...
Tomato clownfish perform a dramatic underwater wardrobe change based on the social dynamics of their environment ...
Brazil’s Pantanal region has the highest jaguar density on Earth, drawing camera-toting visitors to its riverbanks. Despite ...
In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...