Jesse Rhodes

Jesse Rhodes is a former Smithsonian magazine staffer. Jesse was a contributor to the Library of Congress World War II Companion.

A fallow deer with its impressive but unevenly formed antler looks straight into the light of the setting sun.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Bats' barotrauma, fallow deer, Tahitian vanilla, lucky dinosaurs

Smithsonian magazine staff writer and author of "One Man's Korean War."

Abigail Tucker on "One Man's Korean War"

Andrew Curry is a professional journalist based in Germany with degrees in international relations and Russian and East European studies and is a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine. You can find more of his work at www.andrewcurry.com.

Andrew Curry on "The World's First Temple?"

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Fake Radio War Stirs Terror Through US: Orson Welles' War of the Worlds turns 70

Seventy years ago, Orson Welles whipped millions of Americans into a martian-crazed panic with a radio play adaptation of H.G. Welles' War of the Worlds

The Whole Gory Story: Vampires on Film

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The Sound of Silent Film: The Devil's Music Ensemble and Red Heroine at the Freer

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Answers to Last Week's Sesame Street Quiz

Answers to Last Week's Sesame Street Quiz

*SPOILER ALERT* We will be posting answers to our Sesame Street quiz throughout the week. Miss it? Check out our video before we spoil some of the fun

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Sesame Street Redux and Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Watch “Around the Mall” bloggers sit down and talk with a few old friends from Sesame Street

Great white shark with its mouth open.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Great white sharks, endangered frogs and more

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Deep Sea 3-D: Even a Four-Eyes Can Have Fun

A review of Deep Sea 3-D by a 3-D movie skeptic

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Fergus M. Bordewich on "Face the Nation"

Hawaii-based journalist Christopher Pala has traveled the world covering various topics and is also the author of, The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole

Christopher Pala on "Victory at Sea"

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Richard Covington on "Lost & Found"

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David DeVoss on "Macau Hits the Jackpot"

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Public Punk'd by Panda: Mei Xiang is NOT Pregnant!

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Portraits Come Alive at National Portrait Gallery

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Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart With Room for Every Joy

Basking sharks can be found in coastal waters and feed on plankton.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

From zombie caterpillars to basking sharks at sea

Lewis L. Gould

Lewis L. Gould on "Parties to History"

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