From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

It is not clear on what authority the administration could withhold Smithsonian funds, as President Trump tries to purge ...

Textile art by Porfirio Gutiérrez. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in January will host Zapotec-American multidisciplinary textile artist ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia ...

A nearly complete skull of a thickheaded dinosaur seen in the Jurassic Park franchise is now on display at the National Museum of Natural History.

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

President Trump has taken some actions that do not have a comparable historical example, according to historians. President ...

Dr. David Schwimmer, an expert on the giant North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a Columbus State University ...

The institution has tried to work with the administration’s demands that it present a more uplifting view of American history ...

He later wrote that Tookoolito asked, "Are you cold Mr. Hall?" Charles Francis Hall: I answered, "My feet are almost frozen. I cannot get them comfortable." Quickest thought, Tookoolito made passage ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...