American Trail keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) are mourning the loss of Gunther, a 33-year-old male gray seal who died Jan. 18. The median life ...

A flurry of executive orders U.S. president Donald Trump signed since returning to the White House is shaking up the arts.

Initial findings suggest the cache was used to preserve moose and caribou meat in the harsh climate of southeastern Alaska ...

Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

It might be the shortest month in the calendar, but February is bursting with family fun, including celebrations of Groundhog ...

A Shakespeare scholar at Harvard University explains how the creative collaboration that happens in theater can be a model ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens ...

The Smithsonian Institution will close its Office of Diversity, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday, after President Donald Trump’s executive order on DEI.

Beetles battling for mating rights, a bear stalking through the rainforest and a damselfly perched in front of a waterfall ...

Cutting-edge technology designed to track and understand the secret, underground lives and behavior of the elusive black-footed ferret has been deployed in the wild for the first time. Believed to be ...