The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will present “Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared” this fall, the ...

“We are thrilled to accept the F-15C into the museum’s collection,” said Michael Hankins, modern military curator at the ...

New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay ...

Since its first scientific description in 2000, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the deadly amphibian chytrid disease, has devastated amphibian populations in Central and ...

As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...

The Smithsonian pollen collection housed at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History contains more than 18,000 species, making it one ...

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington Dulles ...

Free timed-entry passes are required to visit the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. Tickets to daytime films are only available for purchase on site, on the day of your visit. Tickets for after ...

However, it took a war to change Americans' tooth brushing habits. In an attempt to keep soldiers healthy and fighting during World War II, they were required to brush their teeth as part of their ...

The largest species of cat in the world, tigers have been a subject and symbol in Asian art and culture for centuries. Historically, tigers existed throughout much of Eastern and Southern Asia, as ...

This introductory text is borrowed from the 1957 Smithsonian Publication Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum written by curator Smith Hempstone Oliver. At present a large number of ...

These Open Access images from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are available to download and use as you wish — without asking!