The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and ...

When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights ...

One Smithsonian staffer described to Higgins how a proposed label for an exhibition on the internment of Japanese Americans ...

The White House has given the Smithsonian Institution until 13 January to provide a trove of materials about planning and ...

The dynamic nature of the world means that anything can become an artifact, and the professionals put themselves in position ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals. We followed zookeepers ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced that Jeffrey P. Cunard is endowing the museum’s curatorial ...

A pair of sloth bear cubs were born at Smithsonian's National Zoo last month, on Dec. 7, the zoo shared in a press release.

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have ...

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Zoo have welcomed ...

Sloth bears are an omnivorous species of bears, native to the Indian subcontinent. They can be recognized by their shaggy ...