Scientists revisited tracks made by a shorebird, a lizard, a cat-like predator and some sort of large herbivore at what is ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

Trump's executive order targeting the Smithsonian, especially the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is an attempt to rewrite American history. The order reflects insecurity ...

A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have ...

Dinosaurs likely weren’t declining before an asteroid wiped them all out; instead, there may just be limited fossils from that time period, according to a new study. It has been hotly debated ...

I am a Smithsonian Institution nerd. I have been for as long as I can remember. I can’t say I’m surprised that President Trump is attacking the Smithsonian. He is following the authoritarian ...

starting with the Smithsonian Institution.” During the campaign, Trump professed ignorance of Project 2025. “I’ve never read it, and I never will,” he said. This was hard to parse.

And I want the Smithsonian to legitimize important issues, whether it’s 1619 or climate change. We help people think about what’s important, what they should debate, what they should embrace.

News Reporter Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed President Donald Trump’s executive order to weed out “divisive narratives” at the Smithsonian earlier this week. On Thursday, Trump signed an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

By Jennifer Schuessler President Trump issued an executive order this week criticizing the Smithsonian Institution for peddling what he described as a “divisive, race-centered ideology,” and ...