The eruption sent ash clouds up to 14 km into the sky, affecting Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, according to the ...

A long-dormant volcano erupted in Ethiopia's north-eastern region for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick ...

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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The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced Monday that one of its Asian elephants is pregnant and will deliver the zoo's ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware -- they probably have some wolf in them. That is the ...

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 ...

Holiday art markets; art walk concerts; and natural wonders like ones adored by the Sun King: December offers many artsy ...

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 ...