The context of how Kennicott’s body was discovered was also important. Strychnine poisoning can cause muscle spasms, yet Kennicott was found on top of undisturbed dirt. Had he gone into spasms, the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will unveil the Winston Red Diamond and Winston Fancy Color Diamond Collection Tuesday, April 1—an extraordinary showcase of some of the world’s ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in ...

Stream these free programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History this June. Anna Torres A meet and greet with a new species of octopus; the sharks of the Galapagos Islands ...

Daniel Lucey is an infectious disease/public health physician and a research associate in Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He has worked on the frontlines of ...

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

Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History where he oversees the world’s largest natural history collection. The museum hosts more than 6 million ...

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 ...

Hours of exciting discoveries await at one of the biggest natural history museums on the planet.

Gear up for fossil fun at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s “Cruisin’ Deep Time” Talk and Book Signing on Thursday, Feb ...