Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

In the hallways of the National Museum of Natural History—past the bathrooms ... bird strikes to the lab so Dove and her team can identify the species using the Smithsonian’s massive collection as a ...

The new year is upon us, and with it, a whole new roster of planned exhibitions across the Smithsonian’s numerous museums and National Zoo, where the public can glimpse its two newest pandas, Bao Li ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

They had large brows, large “braincases” and flatter faces than older species, according to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, and adapted short and wide bodies to weather colder ...

There are three other Carnegie museums in Pittsburgh as well: the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and ... St. in Doylestown) is a Smithsonian affiliate with some ...

While you could stick to the classics here—the museum has a fine collection of Renaissance and Academic art—we recommend stretching your legs out in the Charles W. Ireland Sculpture Garden. Exhibits ...

After an incredible 16 years of ice skating at the Museum, the five-acre gardens on which the rink used to sit have now been transformed into a hub for urban wildlife. This is part of a national ...