Whales are swimming farther than previously estimated—up to 20% more—according to a study, "Accounting for Earth's curvature ...

The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian have successfully used swift fox droppings to identify individual animals and collect other ...

Less than 1% of sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places reflect Latino history. The Smithsonian Institute ...

Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...

As the Smithsonian presents the aviator’s restored Vega in Washington, a special replica of the aircraft quietly re-emerges ...

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel shows that early human groups shared similar burial practices, including deliberate ...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who serves as the institution’s chancellor, has always emphasized procedure and avoided ...

Woodworking lifted Barnett out of poverty, and he has become an evangelist for the power of skilled trades to transform lives ...

Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn argues moving the shuttle to a site near Houston's Johnson Space Center would right an "egregious ...

Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill contained a provision to snatch the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and relocate ...

Artist Amy Sherald said there was a dispute over her painting "Trans Forming Liberty," which depicts a trans woman with pink ...