New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

The grizzly bear is so named because its hair is grizzled, or silver tipped, yet the name is commonly believed to be derived from “grisly,” meaning “horrible.” DESCRIPTION: A subspecies of brown bear, ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has published a commentary in Nature Reviews ...

Ellen Ruppel Shell takes a deep dive into the facts, figures and fascinating people that swirl around the intriguing eel.

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History has launched their fully electric, interactive “Wonder On Wheels” (WOW) van designed to engage people of all ages. The WOW van, as it is nicknamed, carries ...

National Museum of Natural History With its candy cane stripes and oversized fins, the red lionfish looks almost Seussian. But this odd-looking fish belongs to a more sinister story. With a ...

Head to the Natural History Museum to learn about the formation of the region's parks, mountain ranges, lakes, and basins, as well as exhibits on Utah's Native American tribes, anthropology ...

The KU Natural History Museum received a historic contribution to help preserve one of its most important exhibits.

Visitors have new opportunities to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming at the Las Vegas ...

We’ve got experts Smithsonian magazine In 2021, researchers identified a new whale species and are now scrambling to save their natural habitat ...