Cristián Samper, evolutionary biologist and the director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, discusses his favorite evotourism sites. Brendan Smialowski Cristián Samper is an ...
South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...
Groundbreaking new research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales. Palaeontologists ...
Explore the museum and hear inside stories on what it took to refurbish the 1930s Art Deco building, how stunning new exhibits combine with legacy museum displays to tell the story of 600 million ...
Scientists at the University of Vienna, Austria, have screened great ape specimens obtained from natural history museums to identify DNA viruses. This groundbreaking study provides unique insights ...
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5018225/5018226" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A ...
The National Museum of the American Latino Commission's report recommending the establishment of a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino prompts debate concerning the value of "ethnic" or ...
A conversation between Joseph Henry, First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Dwane Starlin, enactor of ...
VIJAYAWADA: Museums are not merely centres for preserving ancient artefacts but knowledge hubs that reflect the evolution of civilisation, AP Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Nookasani Balaji ...