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Discover women scientists who helped shape science as we know it today with this list of 31 Smithsonian Portraits. From zoology to research and advocacy, these women's contributions to the field have been invaluable.

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complex

Vice-president and US delegation visit amid growing tension and Trump targets Smithsonian Institution – key US politics stories from 28 March 2025

From dancers to divas, amputees to activists: what images of the human form throughout the decades tell us about who we are

'We live and work in the Carnegie Mansion, but it's not typically something that we engage with directly in our exhibitions,' says Alexandra Cunningham-Cameron, one of the co-curators

Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have glanced nervously up at the glacier’s looming, fractured face, aware that cascades of ice…

Scientists warn that, as the moon shrinks, it invites the possibility of moonquakes and lunar landslides. Both are important to consider when picking a landing site for the forthcoming Artemis mission.

A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday.