The White House released a scathing 162-page report accusing the Smithsonian Institution of engaging in "extreme political activism" and presenting "a radical view of American history." ...

The Smithsonian says it is committed "nonpartisan" scholarship.

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India’s growing trade in exotic pets, driven by demand for non-native species, is exposing significant gaps in the country’s legal and regulatory framework, pos ...

When I was a child, whenever I went to the zoo, I would see elephants, giraffes, and lions and think, "Wow, animals!" However, at some point, I realized something. What you see at the zoo are mostly ...

The United States wouldn’t be celebrating its 250th birthday this week if not for the fledgling country’s unlikely military victory over Great Britain. Monumental figures throughout history have ...

It was a close encounter of the Schiff kind. President Trump made an out of this world jibe when he was allegedly briefed on ...

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

Arguably one of the most curious ancient human relatives is Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall species that lived on the ...

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones ...

While laughing seems uniquely human, it is not. Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various ...

An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the ...