The Smithsonian says there are 7,500 to 10,000 ... “I can’t force this 600-pound seal to do anything,” keeper Sam Milne said. But she can do positive reinforcement training, a common zoo ...

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 ...

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 ...

The photo, which was taken last November, shows the seal in a state of nirvana: It even appears to be smiling. Despite the photo being from the fall of 2022, Smithsonian Magazine shared the image ...

The Smithsonian, a sprawling, 21-museum institution tasked with telling the story of the United States and much more, could see changes under President Donald Trump, who in a Thursday executive ...

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting funding for programs at the Smithsonian Institution that contain what he characterizes as "divisive, race-centered ideology" in his ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at restoring what he calls "truth and sanity" in American history by reforming the Smithsonian Institution, protecting national ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian Institution has finally returned a dead teenage girl’s brain to her surviving relatives — 90 years after it was reportedly taken without their knowledge for controversial race ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens of American museums, research centers and libraries, as well as the ...