Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

Scientists have identified a new species of pterosaur from a fossilised jawbone discovered deep in the Arizona desert. The ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

New 250th exhibitions will open such as State Fairs: Growing American Craft at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The beloved annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival will ...

Major museums face scrutiny as the Smithsonian undergoes review to eliminate political bias. But climate change messaging and ...

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for posterity, proposed cuts to the institution give her experiment extra weight.

Dinosaur Gardens is celebrating its 90th birthday on Sunday, June 29, honoring not only the park, but also Paul Domke and his nephews for the legacy they constructed that is Dinosaur Gardens ...

Bolg amondol raids an oviraptorosaur dinosaur nest in an artistic reconstruction of how the species may have looked and behaved. Cullen Townsend A container of bones at the Natural History Museum ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t have a ...