Metadata is a vital tool for discovering and preserving history. Learn about efforts across the Smithsonian to highlight ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has acquired the 2.33-carat “Winston Red Diamond,” one of the world’s largest fancy red diamonds. It will be unveiled to the public on ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by taking the Metro's Blue, Orange or Silver lines to Smithsonian station or Federal Triangle station.

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Smithson was one of the first researchers to systematically categorize calamine—or zinc as it was later called. In 1832, three years after Smithson’s death, French mineralogist François Sulpice ...

Visiting a museum is another way of learning more about a place, which is why I look forward to stepping into one every time I travel to a new destination. Having been to the biggest museums in the ...

Academy eighth graders explored Washington, D.C., in February, visiting many iconic monuments to enrich their knowledge of ...

The Natural History Museum Ice Rink has now closed. After an incredible 16 years of ice skating at the Museum, the five-acre gardens on which the rink used to sit have now been transformed into a hub ...

The diamonds will be displayed in the Winston Gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. According to a Smithsonian statement announcing the donation, natural red diamonds ...