A resident killer whale chasing a coho salmon to the surface. Image taken under permit. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are ...

An infographic explaining new research findings about the pseudogap.

An illustration of colored balls on a chessboard-like grid similar to the Hubbard model.

Fossils in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collection in its Department of Paleobiology. Before this study, a reliable temperature curve for the Phanerozoic did not yet ...

Deep Time," a 31,000-square-foot dinosaur and fossil hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, takes visitors on a journey through deep time to explore ancient ecosystems, ...

An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in close to 70,000 deaths in the United States every year, and it is the cause of long-term physical, cognitive and mental disability in 5 million Americans. But ...

Jessica Tierney is a paleoclimatologist at the University of Arizona and a co-author of the new paper. This visual may only be used in the context of reporting on the research referenced in this news ...

Jonas Baltrusaitis, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University, is at the forefront of developing sustainable nutrient-delivery materials, ...

The new paper is part of an ongoing research effort that began in 2018, when Smithsonian researchers were helping develop the museum’s “David H. Koch Hall of Fossils— Deep Time.” The new hall aimed to ...

Microscopic, single-celled organisms called foraminifera have a fossil record that extends from today to more than 500 million years ago. Although each organism is just a single cell, they build ...