WASHINGTON – As visitors walk into the rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, they’re greeted by an 11-ton taxidermized African Bush elephant, affectionately nicknamed Henry.

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary on the saber-toothed seals Jack Tamisiea As a paleobotanist, Kirk Johnson’s ...

Kaleela Thompson is a former science writing intern at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a master’s ...

What purpose does the Smithsonian Institution serve? This question might have once seemed unnecessary. The purpose of this unique governmental ensemble, which includes 21 museums, 14 education and ...

The Trump administration is reviewing the National Museum of Natural History as part of a broad inquiry into the Smithsonian Institute. The museum's exhibits cover Earth's 4.5-billion-year history, ...

The history of the National Museum of Natural History's collections begins with specimens collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, and transferred to the Smithsonian Institution ...

With photographs by Smithsonian photographers Kjell Sandved and Chip Clark. Summary A popular volume on the National Museum of Natural History, separated into chapters covering the evolution of the ...