Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill stepped up for a teammate who was in need.

Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas appears to have reconciled with his wife after reports emerged earlier this week that she held him at gunpoint last month after discovering an alleged affair. 

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late NBA star Kobe Bryant, filed a legal claim Friday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over graphic photos that deputies allegedly took and shared of the helicopter crash scene where her husband, 13-year-old daughter, Gigi, and seven others were killed in late January.

The UFC comeback event on Saturday will feature one less match up after middleweight fighter Jacaré Souza tested positive for coronavirus. 

There were fans in the stands for baseball in Taiwan on Friday, albeit spaced far apart as a safeguard against the spread of the coronavirus.

Historically, recessions have hit men harder. This time it's different, economists say.

A woman from Burlington, Ont., says she's had COVID-19 symptoms for nearly two months and hasn't felt entirely supported by health-care workers.

For years, those living and working in nursing and retirement homes across the country have struggled as overburdened caregivers tried to maintain a basic level of care and dignity for aging and ailing Canadians.

The search began after officers found a vehicle overturned in a ditch, partially submerged in knee-deep water.

It's the lowest reported increase in cases since April 6.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the government will cover fixed operating costs and waive all fees related to licensing applications, renewals and revisions.

Over time, trash that has been floating in the ocean gets covered in algae and other micro-organisms

Astronomers have more places to look for signs of intelligent life and more advanced tools to find it

On a ship frozen in the Arctic, scientists have spent all winter to shed light on exactly how the world is changing

Studying how bats behave when they’re feeling ill could help researchers better understand how pathogens move through close-knit populations

The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question

The newly launched #SmithsonianEdu campaign highlights 1.7 million online tools geared specifically toward students and teachers

Long victimized by poaching and deforestation, the primate species is in the midst of a surprising rebound that is sparking new hopes of recovery

In a famous 1970 teach-in demonstration, prosecutors hammered away at the nation’s most powerful defendant

These scientists and inventors set out to change the planet with these out-of-the-box ideas

As the pachyderms increasingly clash with farmers and villagers over disappearing land, scientists study the way the animals' minds work

Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, Douglas Tallamy urges Americans to go native and go natural

Deepen your understanding of the natural world with these free resources

The renewable energy source has never quite lived up to its potential, but a new experiment in Nova Scotia could flip the script

The outbreak, and the travel bans and fears that come with it, have endangered long-running research projects

The green-and-white banner from an Illinois high school recalls the first Earth Day 50 years ago

As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, looking at the constructive, inspiring ways communities and people are responding to a changing planet

You’ve got questions, we’ve got experts

Yes, most infectious diseases are seasonal. But waiting for COVID-19 to wane on its own is a bad idea

With the COVID-19 coronavirus causing a global pandemic, a look back at the scientists who figured out viruses and their relationship to disease

The curious set of numbers shows up in nature and also in human activities.

Tasked with curbing a 1907 outbreak, Esther Pohl emphasized the importance of clean, vermin-free environments

It’s been 180 years since Charles Wilkes voyaged to the Antarctic continent and his journey has never been more relevant

Dineobellator was a formidable predator and boasts the battle scars to prove it.

Debate over Earth’s oldest fossils fuels the search for our deepest origins

Though COVID-19 likely makes recovered patients immune, experts aren't sure how long protection lasts

Find a hobby, for starters, and don't forget the mission, say scientists who have worked at remote research stations

Past public health crises inspired innovations in infrastructure, education, fundraising and civic debate

So-called gynandromorphs are rare, but they can teach us a lot about development and evolution

The different hominid species, possibly including the oldest-known Homo erectus, existed in the region's hills and caves

Researchers suggest that the Humboldt squid uses bioluminescent backlighting for visual cues in the dark deep sea

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact

Researchers see promise in recruiting red siskin pet traders as conservation partners

One detects an active infection; another signals that the virus has already left the body. Both are critical for tracking the spread of disease

The pandemic has left many unable to leave harbor, creating a window for fishing grounds to recover from years of overfishing

Congratulations to first-time mother Echo the cheetah!

False information about the pandemic is rampant; here’s how experts say you can identify what news to trust and what might be faulty

Fossil teeth uncovered in Peru reveal that an extinct family of primates, thought to have lived only in Africa, made it across the ocean

The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit will now stream online starting this Earth Day; tune in and be inspired

The containment practices of outbreaks past could have lessons for modern epidemics