“An exciting implication of our study is that seismic shaking, caused by moonquakes generated by movement on young faults like the Lee-Lincoln fault, probably result in landslides and boulder falls ...

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Smithsonian Associates has produced educational and entertaining learning experiences since September 1965, when ...

Of the 26 scat samples that yielded DNA, the method was able to correctly identify individual foxes with an accuracy of 94.5–99.5% when comparing multiple samples from the same animal. The technique ...

Free timed-entry passes are required to visit the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. Tickets to daytime films are only available for purchase on site, on the day of your visit. Tickets for after ...

In popular culture, the Sopwith Camel was Snoopy’s plane of choice. The anthropomorphic dog in the “Peanuts” comic strip, one ...

Thomas Akre, head of the Turtle Conservation Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

We are thrilled to open this next phase of exhibitions to the public,” said Chris Browne, John and Adrienne Mars Director of ...

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and ...

In 1846, the Smithsonian was established by Congress as an independent entity. For over nearly 180 years, the Smithsonian has welcomed millions of visitors each year to experience art, history, ...

State fairs have sparked the American imagination with their celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts since the first fair was held in 1841 in upstate New ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) have announced an agreement involving the international conservation and loan of ...