CLEVELAND, Ohio —Cleveland Museum of Natural History is in the running for USA TODAY’s 2026 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards. And they’re asking Northeast Ohioans to vote them to the top. The museum has ...

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

The origins of the Division of Fishes, and ichthyological work at the Smithsonian, can be traced to the arrival of Spencer F. Baird as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian in 1850. He brought with ...

The known type specimens of characiform fishes in the collections of the Division of Fishes of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, published through 1990 are listed. These ...

The largest museum of its kind in the Middle East opens today with an awe-inspiring dinosaur wing, a massive blue whale ...

For the final three decades of his life, the self-taught Dutch artist Joris Hoefnagel drew his way through the known natural world, one creature at a time. The result was a multi-volume manuscript, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has acquired the 2.33-carat “Winston Red Diamond,” one of the world’s largest fancy red diamonds. It will be unveiled to the public on April 1 as ...

A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan this holiday season. The Origami Holiday Tree at the American ...