Smithson was one of the first researchers to systematically categorize calamine—or zinc as it was later called. In 1832, three years after Smithson’s death, French mineralogist François Sulpice ...

Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and ...

Even when we think we know everything, or that we think we have a grasp on what species occur in our environment, we don’t,” ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...