Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights into how the animals may fare in the future Jack Tamisiea A colony of ...

Now that President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by Congress into law Wednesday night to end the government shutdown, D.C.’s Smithsonian museums will open their doors once again. The ...

After months without permanent leadership, the country’s oldest planetarium welcomes a new captain to steer its ship into the future. Elizabeth Babcock now serves as CEO and president of Adler ...

Former Smithsonian executive Elizabeth Babcock has been tapped to lead the nation's oldest planetarium, the Adler Planetarium. The Chicago native and Northwestern University grad began her new role as ...

After staying open for an extra 11 days, the Smithsonian Institution’s 19 museums located in D.C. officially shut their doors to visitors on Oct. 12, following the federal government shutdown. For ...

Representatives from four area nonprofits were on hand on Oct. 22 as St. Andrews by the Sea in Nags Head presented a check for $15,000 that was raised at its Empty Bowls fundraiser. The proceeds were ...

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As the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler Planetarium has garnered a reputation for feeling a bit dated in recent years. But the planetarium’s astrophysicists are working on “new ...

Forget everything you think you know about museums. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science isn't some dusty hall of forgotten relics. It's an active, hands-on experience that plunges you into the ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key. By John Schwartz John Schwartz, ...

The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the South Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Africa 72 to 87 million years ago is explored in a new traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian.