Three large bronze bison statues are stopping by the Field Museum on their way to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The sculptures will begin a week-long trip from ...

A trio of larger-than-life bison sculptures will be displayed outside the Field Museum later this month as part of a ...

Ashley D'Souza. Ashley D’Souza is a science writing intern at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, where ...

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

Museums like the Smithsonian and Natural History Museum are using digital transformation to turn massive legacy collections into accessible, collaborative research tools.

Three bronze bison, part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to a new genetic ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why. A new ...

Paleoanthropologist Rick Potts, Ph.D., who directs the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, will deliver a lecture March 3 at 5 p.m. at the School ...