A Botanical Wonderland Resides in the World of Rare and Unusual Books
The Smithsonian’s librarian and antiquarian Leslie Overstreet time travels, sharing centuries of horticultural splendors
Can Bringing Back Mammoths Help Stop Climate Change?
Scientists say creating hybrids of the extinct beasts could fix the Arctic tundra and stop greenhouse gas emissions
What the Longest Known Whale Shark Migration Ever Tells Us About Conservation
Researchers in Panama tracked a specimen via satellite over an unprecedented 12,516 miles
How Soviet Bomb Tests Paved the Way For U.S. Climate Science
The untold story of a failed Russian geoengineering scheme, panic in the Pentagon, and a Nixon-era effort to study global cooling
How to Talk With Evangelicals About Evolution
For two years, researchers from the Smithsonian traveled the country explaining the science of our shared origins
Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?
Shepherds and ecologists are butting heads over what’s next for the beloved landscape
A Daring Journey Into the Big Unknown of America’s Largest National Park
If dangling from a rope inside a melting glacier is your idea of a vacation, then come with us to Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Earth’s Past Climates
They have a lot to tell us about our future
Illuminating the Ocean’s Teeming Twilight Zone, Before It Disappears
Like underwater islands, these deep reefs harbor countless creatures that scientists have never heard of, and many they never will
How a Legendary Storm Chaser Changed the Face of Tornado Science
In 2013, Tim Samaras died in one of the epic storms he’d spent decades chasing. A new book chronicles his harrowing last days
The Real Science Behind Your Favorite Nerd Culture at Awesome Con
Astrophysicists, vehicle technicians and biologists joined the party to bring cutting-edge research to fictional worlds
How a Team of Submersible-Bound Scientists Redefined Reef Ecosystems
In tropical Curaçao, Smithsonian researchers are constantly confronting the unknown
Climate Change Can Also Transform Language
As our world warms, warps and melts, metaphors of the past take on new meaning
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