WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History says it is set to reopen its doors to the public, following a two-year, $85 million renovation.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered dried mushrooms might be slowing climate warming in dry spruce forests in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia.
LONDON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- British researchers are establishing a public monitoring system to record sightings of 27 native grasshoppers and crickets.
NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The American Museum of Natural History in New York has unveiled "The Neanderthal Flint Workers," a newly restored mural not seen by the public for 40 years.
NEW YORK, June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say their research is providing the first study showing global warming is hastening extinction for some of Earth's reptiles and amphibians.
NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) -- The American Museum of Natural History in New York has announced it is planning a major new exhibition dedicated to the horse.
LONDON, March 9 (UPI) -- The British Museum in London plans to tell the history of the world through 100 15-minute broadcasts, each describing a piece from its collection.
NEW YORK, March 4 (UPI) -- Global warming skeptics are meeting in New York at a conference challenging the theory that humans are at fault for climate change.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Hollywood's "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" and "Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian" are reportedly set to hit theaters the same day.
LONDON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Fifteen locations in the United Kingdom are being labeled internationally important because they contain rare and diverse forms of algae.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The world's largest scientific society of Earth and space scientists has updated its position, saying the consequences of climate change "are not natural."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Visitors to the National Museum of American History will be able to see the Star-Spangled Banner better than ever thanks to an $85 million renovation project.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Al Gore and the head of the U.N. climate-change panel Monday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Bones of a 230 million-year-old "reptile giraffe" found during digs in the Alps' Besano glacier were presented at Milan's Natural History Museum.
HOUSTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Museums across the United States have denied Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, a spot on their floor, worrying that it could be too fragile.
