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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

The Puck Stops Here: David Levinthal's Hockey Photographs

As far as predators go, coyotes are one of the most resourceful and resilient.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Connecting with Coyotes on the Prowl

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"

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Burning Man: Through the Fire

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 and Conservation Biology Institute

When Karl Met Karoline

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

Frances Arnold by Katy Grannan. A commission of the National Portrait Gallery. Credit: “Frances Arnold” by Katy Grannan, pigment print, 2018. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Katy Grannan.

National Portrait Gallery

A Host of Contemporary Luminaries Join the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection

Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Roach. Italy, 1944 or 1945. (Photo courtesy of Della Boyer)

National Museum of the American Indian

The Italian Campaign, the Lord’s Prayer in Cherokee, and U.S. Army Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Roach

Scimitar Horned Oryx

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Goats and Gazelles and Oryx, Oh My! How Wildlife Veterinarians Treat (Almost) All Species

As two orangutan infants tussled in the trees, curator of primates Meredith Bastian and primate keeper Alex Reddy looked on in awe. Over the summer, they traveled to Central Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo to follow these great apes in their native habitat.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Primate Diary: Observing Orangutans in the Wild

A bison crosses a coulee (a landform shaped by water drainage) during a freezing spring morning.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Studying Animals in Extreme Landscapes

A tapir (Tapirus terrestris) caught on camera in Peru's Amazonian rainforest.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Eyes and Ears on the Amazon Rainforest

When animals are anesthetized, veterinarians cover their eyes to minimize visual stimulation. In this picture, veterinary technician Lisa Ware is administering fluids to help ensure a smooth recovery from anesthesia.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Tracking Tapirs: An Expedition in Ecuador

Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000, 1942-1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

One Spot of Normalcy: Chiura Obata’s Art Schools

South American rivers are home to at least three different species of electric eels. One species, Electrophorus varii, named after the late Smithsonian ichthyologist Richard Vari, swims through murky, slow-flowing lowland waters. (D. Bastos)

National Museum of Natural History

Fish Detective Solves a Shocking Case of Mistaken Identity

Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) at the opening of the exhibition

National Museum of the American Indian

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

Photograph of Ilene Segalove (detail), circa 1984 / unidentified photographer. Ilene Segalove papers, 1964-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

Acquisitions: Ilene Segalove Papers

Photograph of Charles Caryl Coleman's

Archives of American Art

Charles Caryl Coleman Rediscovered

Because her research group knows a bird's age based on its song, a tropical soap opera unfolds as ornithology graduate student Laura Gómez records interactions between antshrikes in Panama.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

How to Tell a Bird's Age By Its Song

Credit: Kim Sajet, Director of the National Portrait Gallery and host of “PORTRAITS.”

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet Speaks to a New Podcast Series, PORTRAITS

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