Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was ...

There have been many great films based on DC Comics, but even some of those have inconsistencies that are frustrating to watch.

1846: Congress established the Smithsonian Institution to administer the $500,000-plus bequest of British scientist James Smithson. Smithson’s motivation was unclear: He had never traveled to the U.S.

A California woman says DNA proves she's the secret daughter of late sculptor Fred Eversley and now she's taking his $40M ...

Kelly Krechmer was born in 1971, and claims in papers filed in New York County Surrogate Court she’s entitled to some of the ...

The museum says the updated presentation reflects careful consideration and adherence to institutional principles.

The nation’s museum whitewashed the language to describe the president’s impeachments after being accused of promoting “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and ...

How can we make sense of the past – and the present – while the world is so volatile if knowledge of our history is destroyed?

Nick has been staying at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. since 2023 while the Denver Zoo constructed a new sea lion habitat. The 18-year-old sea ...

The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex skin appendages arose far earlier than previously believed. Its bird-like ...

Did you know that a small town in Georgia is home to two Smithsonian-affiliate museums? Cartersville has been dubbed "Museum ...

On August 10, 1960, Discoverer 13, an Earth-orbiting satellite, was launched. A reentry capsule that was ejected from this ...