The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have temporarily closed due to the government shutdown. Because the museums and the zoo are part of the ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Having been through more than one federal government shutdown, Washington, D.C.'s arts and cultural institutions know the drill. Visitors will find some shuttered doors but also find plenty of ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Hundreds of visitors filed into the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History over the weekend as Smithsonian Institution museums reopened after a government shutdown ...

The "Americans" exhibition, exploring the role of American Indian images, names and stories in the nation's identity, comes ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to eliminate what he considers “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution cast the world’s largest museum, education and research ...

The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute will be shut down after closing time Saturday. That's after an extra five days beyond Oct. 6, the initial ...

The nod gives the museum access to traveling exhibitions and artifact loans.

After being closed for more than a month due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums are set to reopen on a rolling basis starting Friday, Nov. 14. The National Museum of American History, the ...