An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals

I need to share a difficult decision with you, and I want to be transparent about how we arrived here, what it means, and who ultimately holds the power to change the path we are on.

Abstract. Teeth play a crucial role in vertebrate ecology as one of the main interfaces between predators and their prey. As the most diverse vertebrates o

When Caitlin Bloomer wrestled the massive Crawzilla crawdad—yes, that's its actual common name—out of the muck during a biological survey in Kentucky, she was convinced it was the largest crayfish eve...

September 2026 has been a pretty dispiriting month for American paleontologists. In early September, Drexel University gave a surprise annou...

Ocean Literacy · Shark Research Whale Shark Tagged Five Times Off Mexico’s Yucatán Tracked for Nine Years and 34,000 Miles Researchers have fitted the same male whale shark, known as Milo, with a sate...

The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.

Alicia Flower, Ellis Alliance executive director, speaks about her family's support along

Genuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise.

Explore Great Plains natural history at the Sternberg Museum (Hays, KS): fossils, rotating exhibits, educational programs, tours, and camps.

A year of funding is on the table. What's unresolved is who actually gets to decide.

Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.

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Save the Sternberg Museum of Natural History from Closure

The oldest natural history museum in America shuts its doors this month. Here's what we're losing inside (it's big), and why City Hall is fighting back.

The National Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition “From These Lands” features an American paddlefish, the last surviving species of an ancient lineage of fishes that predates dinosaurs

Fossils are among the principal sources for understanding the history of life through ‘Deep Time’ and can inform projections of biotic responses to environmental change. Despite a widespread recognit...