In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of ...

Anna Torres is a Public Affairs Specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She translates the museum’s science and history-based research and collections information into ...

WASHINGTON – As visitors walk into the rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, they’re greeted by an 11-ton taxidermized African Bush elephant, affectionately nicknamed Henry.

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re going behind the scenes at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Osteology ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described Jack Tamisiea Museum scientists collected this frog ...

As the world’s largest museum group, the Smithsonian comprises 21 museums and the National Zoo. Each year, its museums unveil ...

The known type specimens are listed of anguilliform, saccopharyngiform, and notacanthiform fishes in the collections of the Division of Fishes of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian ...