The American Museum of Natural History, one of New York City’s most popular summer spots, will become more accessible to more ...

"Back in the 1970s, the renowned artist Roger Kastel visited the museum seeking inspiration for a film poster he was working ...

The new membership includes free general admission to the Museum of Natural History and entry to one ticketed exhibition per ...

The American Museum of Natural History on Friday announced a free membership for New Yorkers enrolled in the Supplemental ...

Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

Nicole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she spotted a giant tooth that once belonged to a Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark that roamed the ocean millions of years ago. She was ...

How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little ...

A rare juvenile Ceratosaurus fossil, discovered in Wyoming in 1996, fetched $30.5 million at a Sotheby's auction. This nearly ...

Dorothy reached Kathmandu in September 1962 as the first group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Nepal. She stood out from the others: one of the few women in that group, surely the oldest at age ...

The other two lots that sold for seven figures and well above high estimates were dinosaur fossils: a "virtually complete" Skull of a Pachycephalosaurus (estimate of $800,00 – $1.2 million) and an ...

The 40-year-old natural history museum will close Aug. 4 for what its executive director says is a much-needed refresh.

A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise the Wa ...