The Medal is given to service members who go above and beyond in the line of duty, putting the mission and others ahead of ...

"Virginia’s eccentricity shines through in its most unique communities," said World Atlas, and "these nine towns each have a ...

Adams Education Pavilion at the Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH). Construction crew members were busy Thursday installing a concrete stairway that will lead up to the new pavilion at the ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Spring might be the most spectacular time to visit, when flowering trees frame the weathered stone walls and daffodils carpet ...

Everyone is invited to join the Vermont Museum of Natural History staff at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, for a trek through ...

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Matternes at work in his Fairfax, Virginia, studio Willard Whitson ... of mammal evolution at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and his paintings at the American Museum of Natural ...

But Andrew Rapp, a field zoologist with the department’s Natural Heritage Program, recently captured an adult female in the northwest part of Virginia—proof that the elusive species has not ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Museum of History and Culture has granted more than $500,000 to 11 Virginia-based historical societies, community centers, educational institutions and state ...

Washington County is on the verge of losing its history museum and its historical society. At the end of December, the Five Oaks Museum, formerly known as the Washington County Museum, closed its ...