An executive order demands workforce and operation reductions “that the President has determined are unnecessary” at the IMLS and several agencies.

Cori Carter, a teacher at the Blue Hill Consolidated School, has been selected to take part in the Teacher Innovator ...

Andrew Biggio never met his great-uncle, but he’s gotten to know him well. “My uncle was killed in World War II — I’m named after him,” Biggio said. “He didn’t make it home from his war, and I did. I ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten.

The Trump administration announced on Friday that the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent entity of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, would be discontinued. An executive order from ...

Leader’s yearlong coverage of Lexington’s 250-year history examines the legacy of Legacy, the award-winning horse.

President Donald Trump is taking aim at a nonpartisan Washington think tank in his drive to downsize the federal bureaucracy.

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

It's a question visitors ask staff all the time at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Bird House. The answer may surprise you!

On March 14, the White House issued an executive order demanding the elimination of the Institute for Museum and Library ...

The trampoline was invented by gymnast George Nissen of Cedar Rapids. Sixteen-year-old Nissen was inspired to create the ...

The Trump administration announced on Friday the destruction of hundreds of jobs and the effective elimination of seven US ...