Whales are swimming farther than previously estimated—up to 20% more—according to a study, "Accounting for Earth's curvature ...

Through September 8, Crowder’s Longwell Museum is playing host to Voices and Votes-Democracy in America, which is a traveling ...

Big Tex's size-96 cowboy boots are leaving Texas for the second time in history and will be featured in a national exhibition ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WSET) — An African American pioneer in aviation from the Hill City is being recognized nationally. Chauncey ...

The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the ...

A volcano in Russia's far east erupted on Wednesday, Russian scientists said, hours after a major quake prompted evacuations and tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific coast. Eruptions of the ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian have successfully used swift fox droppings to identify individual animals and collect other ...

Less than 1% of sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places reflect Latino history. The Smithsonian Institute ...

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel shows that early human groups shared similar burial practices, including deliberate ...

University of Maryland geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr and Smithsonian Senior Scientist Emeritus Thomas R. Watters identified ...

From greeting guests to leading tours, museum volunteers provide essential support across departments, both in public and ...

Renowned artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery over concerns that a painting of a Black transgender woman would be ...