NEW YORK -- The Origami Holiday Tree has returned to the American Museum of Natural History for the season. The tree is decorated with origami elephants to celebrate the opening of the museum's latest ...

The Secret World of Elephants is filled with interactive activities about our gargantuan cousins that are as much fun for grown-ups as they are for kids. Installation view of The Secret World of ...

The largest land mammal of our time has an evolutionary story at least 60 million years in the making. On Monday, a new exhibit revealing the ‘secret lives’ of the trunked giants will open at New York ...

Inspired by the 2006 film with Ben Stiller, AMNH invites young visitors to explore the museum by flashlight and sleep beneath ...

To celebrate International Museum Day, learn how experts protect the museum’s most dramatic displays from dust bunnies and cobwebs Naomi Greenberg Michelle Pinsdorf (left) and Steve Jabo (right) clean ...

After a five-year hiatus, the much-loved tradition of sleepovers at the American Museum of Natural History has returned.

The American Museum of Natural History kicks off Thanksgiving week with the seasonal tradition unveiling the Origami Holiday Tree, celebrating its 52nd year with the theme Proboscideans on Parade. The ...

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The largest elephant ever officially recorded was an individual male African savanna elephant named 'Henry,' or the Fénykövi ...