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Smithsonian Voices

The Smithsonian Institution has hundreds of scholars, researchers and curators, each with an amazing story to tell about their work, their quests and their passions. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the Institution.

The spectacled flowerpecker has been spotted eating mistletoe, a parasitic plant that grows high in Borneo’s forest canopy. The distinctive white markings around the eyes earned these birds their common name. (John Anderton)
National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Describe New Bird Species 10 Years After First Reported Sighting

October 17th, 2019, 12:01PM
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On opening day of the new fossil hall, visitors flocked to the windows of the FossiLab to see fossil preparation in action. (Kate D. Sherwood, Smithsonian Institution)
National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Puts Backstage Fossil Preparation Center Stage in its New Fossil Hall

October 16th, 2019, 9:09AM
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Comic book illustration from La Borinqueña #1,written and created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Illustration by Will Rosado and digital colors by Juan Fernández.© 2016 SomosArte, LLC.
Smithsonian Latino Center

We Are Still Here: The First Taíno Movement Exhibition

October 15th, 2019, 5:42PM
/ BY Carlos Rivera Santana
David Levinthal,
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

The Puck Stops Here: David Levinthal's Hockey Photographs

October 15th, 2019, 8:00AM
/ BY Kari Jones
Johns Hopkins University observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the first time in 2018. “The culture around Columbus and how Natives are viewed is slowly changing,” Indigenous Students at Hopkins (ISH) president Tyra Andrews said that day. “It’s really important, especially for the younger generations.” Organized by ISH and the university's Office of Multicultural Affairs, the commemoration included a campus powwow and an evening presentation by Victoria O’Keefe (Cherokee and Seminole of Oklahoma), assistant professor in the Center for American Indian Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Photo courtesy of Tom Jefferson Jr.)
National Museum of the American Indian

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Rethinking How We Celebrate American History

October 11th, 2019, 4:00PM
/ BY Dennis W. Zotigh and Renee Gokey
As far as predators go, coyotes are one of the most resourceful and resilient.
National Zoo

Connecting with Coyotes on the Prowl

October 8th, 2019, 9:43AM
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From the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Funding provided by Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund; Gift of Nion T. McEvoy, Chair of SAAM Commission (2016-2018) and McEvoy’s fellow Commissioners in his honor.
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

How Arthur Jafa Created a Contemporary "Guernica"

October 8th, 2019, 8:00AM
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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Burning Man: Through the Fire

October 2nd, 2019, 8:00AM
/ BY Elana Hain
It's easy to spot the difference between Karl and Karoline (even without Karl’s beak). Karoline is smaller and has a blue and black throat sack. Like other male Abyssinian ground hornbills, Karl has a red and blue throat sack.
National Zoo

When Karl Met Karoline

September 25th, 2019, 3:51PM
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A student learns how to turn spring foliage into botanical watercolors and prints on paper in the Smithsonian Associates studio arts class, Painting and Printing: Leaves Two Ways. (Sue Fierston)
Smithsonian Associates

A Botanical Painting and Printing Class and 21 Other Things to Do at the Smithsonian in October

September 25th, 2019, 9:53AM
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