The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden is still assessing the damage from a June 15 fire.

Take a peek at one of the biggest collections of bacteria and fungi in the world.

The East Coast campus of the research institute received shipments of freeze-dried or frozen samples of more than 210,000 microbial strains, which scientists plan to mine for potentially useful natural products.

DNA analysis of a bizarre, 30-year-old whale skull serves as a reminder of the secrets that museum specimens keep about the natural world.

Scientists work to help relocate colleagues who lost everything.