Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

The Smithsonian Design Triennial presents 25 commissions that explore the physical and conceptual ideas of shelter and refuge ...

The Shipwreck Treasure Museum in Cornwall, England, is selling its collection, which includes items connected to nearly 150 ...

The pachyderm, named Kamala, was suffering from osteoarthritis when zoo staff chose to euthanize her ...

When fishermen found the endangered loggerhead sea turtle off Vancouver Island in February, she was listlessly floating in a ...

Recently, SAAM acquired a “Wobbulator” built by Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe for its Nam June Paik Archive and were able to ...

Before arriving in North America, the species is believed to have invaded South American rivers through ballast water—the ...

Hosted by the museum’s director, Kim Sajet, PORTRAITS explores art, biography, history and identity.

In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

A "staggering array" of markings have been hiding in plain sight carved into the walls of Gainsborough Old Hall, a 500-year-old home in Lincolnshire, England ...

In collaboration with USA TODAY, “America’s Veterans: Honor, Service, and Sacrifice” is a tribute to veterans—covering ...