Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the reason for this behavior?

The Smithsonian is almost ready to open five more of the Air and Space Museum's halls as its 7-year renovation continues.

On Saturday, June 14, the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will bring history to life with its annual Innovations in ...

The footage showed the capuchins walking and pounding their stone tools with baby howlers on their backs. But cameras did not ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia's Royal Commission ...

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center safeguards the vibrant ecosystems—and economic power—of our coastal zones ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum.

The museum’s fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were looted from a tomb in Hunan Province and smuggled into the US ...

Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art” was originally scheduled to coincide with the WorldPride celebration in Washington.

The Smithsonian National Air Space Museum’s next round of gallery openings is scheduled for this summer in Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) has joined forces with the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) to create a ...