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How can the right kind of farming protect our soils and our climate? Find out in Carbon Cowboys. © 2020, carbon nation. Photo by Peter Byck

Earth Optimism

Saving our Planet Starts in the Soil

Free Smithsonian Associates Streaming Programs run from May 14 to June 11 (Smithsonian Associates).

Smithsonian Associates

Smithsonian Associates Streaming Launches With 11 Free Programs

U.S. Army Air Force technical sergeant Ben Kuroki, who served in the Europe and Pacific theaters during World War II.

National Air and Space Museum

Ben Kuroki: A Story We All Need to Know

Patricia Stone (Akimel O'otham) and Leonard Stone (Akimel O'otham) with their new baby, 1965. Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. (Helge Teiwes Collection, NMAI.AC.070)

National Museum of the American Indian

How Do American Indians Celebrate Mother's Day?

William H. Johnson,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Hey Mom, I Made You This Card

One of the common species Bird House keepers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are working to better understand is the wood thrush — the official bird of Washington, D.C.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Continuing the Legacy of Bird Conservation

Visitors look at a large, cut-paper work by Ian Kuali’i (Native Hawaiian and Mescalero Apache), on view at the Red Bull House of Art Detroit. Kuali’i was a resident artist at the experimental, noncommercial arts organization in 2016. (Red Bull, courtesy of Ian Kuali’i)

National Museum of the American Indian

From aspiring breakdancer to accomplished artist, Ian Kuali’i traces his path so far

Head of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Scott Sillett.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Birds Connect Our World

Dr. Suzan Murray, Program Director for the Smithsonian’s Global Health Program, reading her testimony at the House Science Subcommittee’s Coronaviruses: understanding the Spread of Infectious Diseases and Mobilizing Innovative Solutions hearing that occurred in March 2020.

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Science, Policy, and Pandemics

© Cristina Mittermeier

Earth Optimism

Framing Hope Through A Photographer's Lens

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Mysteries of the First Mastodon

Some of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution happened in the last decade. (Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

These are the Decade’s Biggest Discoveries in Human Evolution

Chiura Obata,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Chiura Obata: Artist Interrupted

The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit was a 3-day global live-streamed event that took place on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020, through April 24.

Earth Optimism

Positivity Has a Voice in Science

What's a mastodon doing at SAAM? Dr. Advait Mahesh Jukar, a Deep Time Fellow and Paleontologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, answers our questions.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Hips Don't Lie: The American Incognitum

Catch Bill's 90-minute special on Saturday April 25, 2020 on CNN.

Earth Optimism

Bill Weir's Road to Optimism

Chapter three begins with an image of a black walnut branch and its hanging flowers.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Designing for Humboldt: Five Questions with Karen Siatras

Frederic Edwin Church, “Study for “The Heart of the Andes,”” 1858, oil on canvas, 10 1/4 x 18 1/4 in., Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.47.A.B.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

A Brush with Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and Frederic Church

Female Guam kingfisher Giha at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Guam kingfishers are extinct in the wild, but scientists are working to change that by breeding the species for release in the near future.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Some Egg-citing News and a Few Love Bites

Mangroves line a channel connecting the Belize River to the coastal lagoon system. These trees are hundreds of years old and provide important habitat to both terrestrial and marine species. (Steve Canty, Smithsonian Marine Station)

National Museum of Natural History

Together, We Can Save the Mangroves