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And it’s exactly what happened this year the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. As 2025 comes to a close, here are a few bite-sized stories that capture both the ...

The fund seeks to enable researchers to make leaps rather than incremental advances in the natural sciences and engineering. This year’s selected projects focus on small molecule structure ...

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Tucked away beside the main road that runs along Eleuthera, a narrow island in the Bahamas, the Leon Levy Native Plant ...

Created at a time when bird populations were declining drastically, experts say the once-yearly count is crucial, as the ...

Thirty years ago, astronomers weren’t sure planets beyond our solar system even existed. This year, NASA has confirmed its ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...