A new study from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) shows environmental conditions in migratory birds’ winter homes carry over to affect their ...

When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before ...

Stories of Race and American Sculpture” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum examines for the first time the role of sculpture in understanding and constructing the concept of race in the United ...

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute bird keeper Wesley Bailey (center) presented molted kiwi feathers to New Zealand Ambassador to the United States Rosemary Banks (left) for ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open “NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of ...

This fossil palm leaf (Sabalites sp.), discovered in Petersburg Borough, Alaska, is on display in “The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Lemelson believed that education was key to helping the US regain its place at the top of innovation and creativity in the world. In 1993, he and his wife Dorothy started the Lemelson Foundation to ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) now has on view a larger-than-life, vibrant depiction of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion by artist Christopher Myers.

Early approaches to voting by mail in the U.S. enabled military service members to participate in elections when wartime deployments took them away from their polling precincts. The Civil War led many ...