For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammals ...

Kaleela Thompson is a former science writing intern at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a master’s ...

WASHINGTON – As visitors walk into the rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, they’re greeted by an 11-ton taxidermized African Bush elephant, affectionately nicknamed Henry.

The collection of Birds under the care of the Smithsonian was begun in 1850 when Spencer F. Baird, the newly appointed Assistant Secretary, came to the Institution and brought his collection of over 3 ...

Ben Kligman, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow and paleontologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, quarrying a bonebed in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park in 2025. A ...

Clouds overhead and a fall breeze made for a chilly Sunday morning on the National Mall, but a steady stream of visitors still arrived at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. One by one, groups ...