At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama collected similar data from the ground. The goal: to create an algorithm to better understand ...

The bat research team from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and bird research team from the University of Wyoming celebrate the inauguration of the biannual bat count on Pipeline Road ...

An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of LGBTQ+ African artists at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has been postponed until 2026 due to “our current budgetary situation,” a ...

By Graham Bowley Robin Pogrebin and Jennifer Schuessler In response to President Trump’s effort to reshape the Smithsonian Institution ... existing grants from the Institute of Museum and ...

President Donald Trump wasn’t always at loggerheads with the museums that make up the Smithsonian Institute. In February 2017, he arrived at the brand-new National African American Museum of ...

Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— aims to bridge gaps in access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities for children in rural and tribal nation schools by providing a ...

The Trump administration initiates an executive order. It aims to restore the Smithsonian Institution. The focus is on American greatness. Lindsey Halligan will lead the effort. She will consult ...

A visitor looks at art at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art on March 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reshape and remove contact ...

That pretty much sums up some of the shock and alarm emanating from progressives regarding the executive order that President Donald Trump issued on the Smithsonian Museum on March 27, titled ...

The letter is in response to an executive order the president signed in March. House Democrats are demanding the White House preserve the independence of the Smithsonian Institution after ...

“It is imperative that you, along with your fellow Regents, continue the storied legacy of the Smithsonian that tells the American story honestly and completely,” Jeffries wrote in a letter to ...