Animal care staff at the National Zoo are preparing for the "highly anticipated" birth of an Asian elephant calf, according ...

Residents living near the long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia recounted the moment it erupted on Sunday morning after 12,000 years of dormancy. The volcanic explosion, which they ...

Flights cancelled after Ethiopia volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years forming huge ash cloud - Thick plumes of ash ...

Ohio Army veteran Leni D. Anderson taught himself to paint after leaving the military. His work has appeared at the ...

For the first time in more than two decades, an elephant at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

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New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural ...

Dogs evolved from gray wolves, but scientists debate exactly where, when and how many times dogs were domesticated. Ancient DNA evidence suggests that domestication happened twice, in eastern and ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating a conservation milestone, the facility is ...

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) will open its next exhibition, “How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American ...

When is a ruby slipper not a ruby slipper? That is the philosophical conundrum posed by new movie Wicked: For Good, in which ...

Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the ...