Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, and is the steward of one of the most diverse and comprehensive design collections in ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

Southern Baptist leaders and many other evangelical leaders expressed jubilation at Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race, while one podcaster said it’s time to revise the exhibits at the ...

Scientists say Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — After a decade of managing and treating a beloved member of its Asian elephant herd, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced that one of ...

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

Staff said whenever keepers approached, she would rumble and squeak, which are behaviors that expressed her happiness and excitement. Kamala arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

WASHINGTON - An Asian elephant named Kamala had to be euthanized Friday, the Smithsonian National Zoo said over the weekend. Zoo officials say after a decade of managing and treating Kamala’s ...

Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute When an Asian elephant named Kamala arrived at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2013, she was welcomed with much ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo has made the sorrowful announcement that Kamala, their esteemed elderly Asian elephant known for her spirited nature, was humanely euthanized last Friday after a ...

An Asian elephant that had lived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for 10 years and suffered from osteoarthritis was euthanized there Friday after her condition “had irreversibly declined ...

Kamala, a longtime member of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, was euthanized Saturday in D.C. following years of struggling with osteoarthritis. Even while measures were ...