This World Whale Day, take a look inside of the National ... as the museum’s marine mammal curator. Randall Kremer, NMNH Whales have long been a focus of the Smithsonian’s natural history ...

For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

The museum is larger than 18 football fields and is home to the largest natural history collection in the world. There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. A ...

A Native American family visiting the Smithsonian Institution in ... story told alongside rocks and fossils at the National Museum of Natural History, where the original Americans were an object ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will put the “Lion of Merelani,” which is one of the most finely detailed colored gemstones in the world, on public view starting Thursday.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History acquired one of the world's rarest gemstones.Natural red diamonds are some of the rarest gems on Earth, and the Winston Red Diamond is ...

Additionally, more than 80% of the global population lives under some degree of light-polluted skies, according to a news release from the Smithsonian ... the National Museum of Natural History.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has acquired the 2.33-carat “Winston Red Diamond,” one of the world’s largest fancy red diamonds. It will be unveiled to the public on ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...