Paleoanthropologist Dr. Rick Potts heads the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. In partnership with the Kenya Museums, Potts leads ongoing excavations ...

Using a variety of techniques, the researchers realized that two subspecies of squirrels from Southeast Asia were actually ...

The National Museum of Natural History often receives requests for information on famous horses which are believed to be part of the Smithsonian's research collection or on display in the exhibit ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

The many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. are some of the main attractions in the nation's capital. One of the largest and most famous museums is the National Museum of Natural History ...

Now Babcock, who on Tuesday was named director of the Smithsonian’s yet-to-be ... before moving to California at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, where she worked as a vice ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington and agency leadership to unveil ...

Museums including London's Natural History Museum and the Smithsonian in Washington DC are involved. They have set out ambitious plans to digitise millions of specimens. Digitally recording the 40 ...

The Smithsonian Academy Orchestra presents works by Haydn and Beethoven on period instruments at The NMNH’s Baird Auditorium on Saturday, October 12th at 7pm. Conducted by Kenneth Slowik ...