The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will present “Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared” this fall, the ...

New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay ...

Since its first scientific description in 2000, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the deadly amphibian chytrid disease, has devastated amphibian populations in Central and ...

“We are thrilled to accept the F-15C into the museum’s collection,” said Michael Hankins, modern military curator at the ...

Free timed-entry passes are required to visit the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. Tickets to daytime films are only available for purchase on site, on the day of your visit. Tickets for after ...

However, it took a war to change Americans' tooth brushing habits. In an attempt to keep soldiers healthy and fighting during World War II, they were required to brush their teeth as part of their ...

As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...

In popular culture, the Sopwith Camel was Snoopy’s plane of choice. The anthropomorphic dog in the “Peanuts” comic strip, one ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

The Smithsonian pollen collection housed at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History contains more than 18,000 species, making it one ...