Gray seal Gunther opens his mouth on cue during a training session with an American Trail animal keeper. (Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

G unther, a 33-year-old male gray seal at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, died on January 18, leaving behind a legacy as both an ambassador for his species and ...

And as the Smithsonian’s exhibits magnificently illustrate ... Beriah Brown a free and clear estate as witness my hand and seal this Sixth day of January A.D. 1776, and in the sixteenth year ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums, educational ...

On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order that took aim at one of the US's foremost cultural and scientific institutions: the Smithsonian. Upset by exhibits that reference ...