National Museum of Natural History

First Stop Is Turtle Bay Museum in Redding, California, Opening Sept. 27

Stone Tools Unearthed in Kenya Reveal That Hominins Regularly Moved Raw Materials Several Miles

New Fossils Unearthed in Petrified Forest National Park Bonebed Preserve a Snapshot of an Ecosystem in Flux Before the End Triassic Mass Extinction

Field Tests in Florida Identify Best Available Treatment to Combat Coral Disease Without Need for Antibiotics

Dried Plant Specimens and Data Collected Over Decades of Field Work Allowed Scientists To Efficiently Assess Extinction Risks

Winston Red Diamond Will Be Unveiled to the Public at the National Museum of Natural History Alongside a Rainbow of Colorful Diamonds

Left by Evaporated Water, the Salty Residue Contains Compounds Never Observed Before in Samples From Asteroids

Analysis of Other Fossil Footprint Sites Shows That the Two Species Repeatedly Visited Lake Margin Habitats for Up to 200,000 Years

Smithsonian Scientists Assembled and Analyzed Sprawling Genetic Database, Finding Some Fungal Crops Later Became Completely Reliant on Ants 27 Million Years Ago

“NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History” Showcases Larger-than-Life Screen Pairing Real-Time Graphics with Short Feature Videos to Visualize Interconnected Changes on the Planet

Smithsonian-Sparked Study Co-Led by University of Arizona Underscores Perils Presented by Unprecedented Rate of Human-Made Warming