Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History While this is not an exhibition at a Smithsonian museum, its National Museum of Natural History has provided some 60 objects ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab in a university or museum to study the remains of past ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

The 'Treasures, Royal Gems & Jewellery,' colloquium held in Lisbon explored the history, preservation and public role of royal gems and jewels ...

Hours of exciting discoveries await at one of the biggest natural history museums on the planet.On Washington's National Mall, in a vast neoclassical palace next to the National Gallery of Art, the ...

Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.

An uptick in seismic activity on the volcanic island of Santorini has raised concerns about a potential eruption.