Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Photos are ...

The witch mold was manufactured by Eppelsheimer & Co. of New York, one of the three largest American ice cream mold manufacturers at the time. These hinged molds, dating from the 1920s and 30s, while ...

There are no showtimes for this date. Timed to the 50th anniversary of NASA’s celebrated Apollo 11 mission, APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition is a thrilling cinematic experience that showcases the ...

When an animal becomes endangered, it is usually a bad thing, but not for the scimitar-horned oryx. Before the end of 2023, scimitar-horned oryxes were classified as “extinct in the wild,” teetering ...

Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P Note to editors: ...

Educators from North Carolina and South Carolina test the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom curriculum during a professional development training at the Smithsonian Science Education Center.

Credit: Cassandra Giraldo and Katrina Lillian Sorrentino.

The Wide Awakes started as a small group of young men demonstrating during the 1860 election and became a mass movement of working-class Americans marching to end slavery.