Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...

Fossils described in a new study speak to a previously unknown large-bodied lizard diversity that existed alongside dinosaurs ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Five new aviation galleries at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., are set to open in July.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one ...

A new species of ancient lizard is discovered in Utah. The lizard, named Bolg amondol, lived 75 million years ago. It was ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Between 1990 and 2011, the fossil was loaned to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont. The T. rex will be the centerpiece of a new dinosaur hall scheduled to open in 2019.

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...

Notes USNM No. 9469 Summary Interior view, comparative anatomy and fossils exhibits in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, with Zeuglodon, now known as ...

Scientists announced the discovery of a new species of early tyrannosaur in a museum vault in Mongolia, an ancestor to notorious apex predators like T. rex.