Underneath the towering 11-ton African Bush Elephant immortalized in the rotunda of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Kathryn Jones unfurled her map. Unlike the tourists in bucket hats and ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t ...

With photographs by Smithsonian photographers Kjell Sandved and Chip Clark. Summary A popular volume on the National Museum of Natural History, separated into chapters covering the evolution of the ...

Object Details Subject Watson, George H National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Summary Dismantled fireplace bricks in 17th century Massachusetts ...

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce.

The National Museum of Ireland at Turlough Park, Castlebar, has just launched a full programme of free summer activities for ...

E. mollyborthwickae is now on display at London's Natural History Museum. The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London Roughly 150 million years ago, a speedy, dog-sized dinosaur with big ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a fly with parasitic fungi bursting from their bodies.

Dogs have lived with Indigenous Americans since before they came to the continent together 10,000 years ago. A new analysis ...

In a modest building in Alliance, Ohio, thousands of whiskers, paws, and tales await your discovery at the Feline Historical ...

Tucked away in the unassuming city of Alliance, Ohio sits a temple of feline fascination that would make ancient Egyptians purr with approval. The Feline Historical Museum is possibly the most ...