Of all the museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is the one that speaks ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Iris and Jay Leonard and ... Aster and Salvia attract winged pollinators like birds and butterflies. Some plants even resemble objects in the sky, like ...

Red-winged blackbird, sandhill crane, northern cardinal, yellow warbler, common loon and hummingbird also were on the list of ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals ... The plants produce nectar to entice the birds, who then spread pollen to other flowers as ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals ... Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise.

CLARKSVILLE, TN – The upcoming events for Customs House Museum & Cultural Center for the month of April have been announced.

Heliconia bella in Panama. This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study.

Even exposure to just a handful of cars on a regular basis changed the birds’ habits, according to a new paper published last ...

All Smithsonian museum sites except for the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City are free. Last year, they collectively drew nearly 17 million visitors. In his executive order ...