The Smithsonian Institution, in partnership with Showtime Networks, began airing television programs on the new 24-hour, high-definition Smithsonian Channel on Wednesday. The Smithsonian Channel hopes ...

LOS ANGELES — New in the Apple Store this month is the Smithsonian Channel's iPad app, which lets you play videos from the Channel's extensive programming. It includes short clips for a quick burst of ...

‘Don’t fly too close to the sun’ is a warning lifted from the story of Icarus. Join historian Bettany Hughes as she unpacks the myth, and visits Icaria–the island whose name was inspired by the ...

Dominant male rhinos use dung as a kind of signpost–a thinly-veiled threat to rivals to stay away from their territory, backed up by hormone-infused fecal proof of their health, status, and dominance.

Following recent pre-sales of the new season of its hit investigative history series Truthseekers in Europe, BIG Media, a global production company and distributor, has secured two new licensing deals ...