The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images

Expelled by animals as a waste product, the gas appears to play a crucial role in keeping these bizarre, burrowing rodents safe

Buried in a mass grave in Mexico City, the trio may have been part of the first generation abducted from their homeland and brought to the New World

The Catholic Church's actions during World War II have long been a matter of historical debate

The rock crash-landed in the Sahara Desert after a presumed collision chipped it off the lunar surface

The Beaker man was buried alongside four cowhide "rugs," an eight-inch copper dagger and a wrist guard made of rare green stone

The Asian giant hornet, seen for the first time in North America in 2019, is unlikely to murder you or U.S. bees, according to a Smithsonian entomologist

Stay-at-home orders have inspired those with ample free time to pick up hands-on projects

An unfortunate diet of pizza grease and sand clogged her innards, amassing a giant and unpassable lump of feces in her gut

The freedom fighter may have once used the structure to conspire against English forces

In 1847, the Choctaw Nation sent $170—more than $5,000 today—to victims of the Irish potato famine

The solitary species is hard to spot on camera, and they're the only canine that lives in the Amazon rainforest

The ancient Egyptian girl was only 15 or 16 years old when she died

The simultaneous mating calls of the male pug-nosed tree frog confuses bats but not female frogs

Funeral parlors' enterprising staff offered burial packages to suit every social strata and budget

The Museo de la Massacre de Ponce and Casa Paoli were among the buildings affected by Saturday's tremors

Research linking air pollution to elevated death rates remains preliminary but scientists hope the pandemic spurs tighter air quality regulations

The specimen may be the earliest known example of a squid-like creature on the attack

The quarantined felines of the world are coming for your screens

From pregnancy to birth and beyond, mothers, both animal and human, show off some amazing skills

This Sunday, celebrate the moms of the animal kingdom with kittens, polar bear cubs, eaglets and more

In April alone, the Sturminster Newton Mill ground more than one ton of wheat

Items recovered include fossils, paintings, ancient coins, ceramics and jewelry

Each night, the institution will post an encore showing of an opera from its "Met Live in HD" series

The actor is one of 17 celebrities slated to participate in newly announced read-alongs of the series' first book

The app features a database of some two million artworks housed at more than 120 venues

Pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr., trumpeter Wallace Roney, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli succumbed to complications caused by the novel coronavirus

Narrated by Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Richard Kurin, the 24-part video series blends history with modern mainstays

Catch the musical event, featuring Sting, Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard and other artists, on YouTube tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern time

Airing on the aquarium's Twitch channel at 4 p.m. EST today, the two-hour session will focus on the video game's diverse insect population