Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens ...

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

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 ...

In the hallways of the National Museum of Natural History—past the bathrooms ... bird strikes to the lab so Dove and her team can identify the species using the Smithsonian’s massive collection as a ...

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's NHM Commons wing includes a new entrance, theater, café, and community ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

The new year is upon us, and with it, a whole new roster of planned exhibitions across the Smithsonian’s numerous museums and National Zoo, where the public can glimpse its two newest pandas, Bao Li ...

Field Museum visitors see less than 1% of its total collection. So where's the rest of it? CBS News Chicago went on a tour ...