Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

Packing up and relocating to France, or any other country, will be an adjustment. But it is clear that an era of U.S. brain ...

If you want to take a deep dive into some North Jersey history and culture this summer, Morris County is the perfect place to ...

The Anacostia Community Museum, a local Smithsonian museum in Ward 8 of D.C. that tells the stories of the local community, ...

All Smithsonian museums have officially reopened after officials say heating, ventilation and air conditioning issues linked to a power failure over the weekend have been resolved.

One hundred years after a Tennessee teacher named John Scopes started a legal battle over what the state’s schools can teach children, Americans are still divided over evolution.

The Heinz History Center is set to get bigger after the Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday approved an expansion plan. "People will have to pardon our dust, but expand we must," Heinz History ...

Scientists have extracted 24-million-year-old protein sequences from a rhino tooth discovered in the Canadian Arctic, ...

Eighty years after the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Japan, debates on nuclear weapons remain fraught. In Los Alamos, the ...

The Abilene Zoo is welcoming a new, rare creature to their collection – Vicki the Sloth Bear! Vicki is a 12-year-old female who is coming to Abilene for a ...

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...

A 64-ounce plastic Stripes cup is included in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History as part of an exhibit ...