To illustrate two and a half centuries of U.S. history, Here & Now is partnering with the Smithsonian Institution to explore 25 objects that define the American experience.

The special calf will make its public debut this Earth Day, April 22.

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...

Sherm Poppen developed the prototype while playing with his daughters on Christmas Day in 1965. His daughter, Wendy, remembers it all, and it started with a sugar rush.

On March 16, 1926, Clark University professor Robert Goddardfired up a rocket nicknamed “Nell,” powered by a blend of ...

The real danger is not one controversial nominee. It is a system that keeps producing them.

In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...

Three larger-than-life bronze bison statues made a stop at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History​ on Monday, and they won ...

To commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian Science Education Center today released a new free eBook, ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...

A trio of larger-than-life bison sculptures will be displayed outside the Field Museum later this month as part of a ...