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Two-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni) live in the canopy layer of the Panamanian rainforest. Find out why in a family program streaming July 17. (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Punta Culebra Nature Center)

National Museum of Natural History

Five Free Natural History Programs Streaming in July

From Refuge Cove in Alaska to San Francisco Bay to Baja California and at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, a team from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Temple University deployed panels to find out what limits marine invertebrate invasions. Here, Laura Jurgens and Carmen Schloeder, celebrate a successful deployment in Mexico (Laura Jurgens)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Invasion Dynamics

National Museum of American History

The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of Gay Dads Kissing

A sampling of the creative projects inspired by artworks and artmaking techniques found within the Hirshhorn’s collections, available from the “Hirshhorn Kids at Home” series. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)

Smithsonian Education

Fun (and Free) Ideas to Keep Kids Learning This Summer

In a Smithsonian Associates Streaming program on July 28, a panel of experts share the best advice and resources for staying safe, healthy and well-informed so you can relax on your long-overdue trip.

Smithsonian Associates

How to Start Traveling Again and 25 Other Smithsonian Programs Streaming in July

Title page to Garrard Conley's workbook from the gay-conversion camp Love in Action (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

The History of Getting the Gay Out

Ana K. Spalding and 23 other women scientists from around the world, advocate for a shift in the value system in science, to emphasize a more equal, diverse and inclusive academic culture.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Women in Science Propose Changes to Discriminatory Measures of Scientific Success

Artyom Ghazaryan in his studio in Yeghegnadzor. (Photo by Narek Harutyunyan, My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

The Spirit Across Regions: Armenia from the Local Perspective

Head scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station, Valerie Paul, collects blue-green algae samples to study the chemicals they emit. Those chemicals can endanger coral reefs, but also have biomedical potential. (Raphael Ritson-Williams)

National Museum of Natural History

Meet the Marine Scientist Studying How Algae Communicates

Various Pride flags (rainbow, transgender, equality, LGBTQ+ people of color, and love rainbow) displayed alongside the Navajo Nation flag in Window Rock, Arizona. (Photo by Pamela J. Peters (Diné)/Táchii’nii Photography, used with permission)

National Museum of the American Indian

LGBTQIA+ Pride and Two-Spirit People

Western lowland gorilla Moke eating a snack

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

The Science Behind Animal Snacks

Orange scalefin anthias fish swarm in front of a fire coral in the Red Sea's Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Egypt. (Credit: Alex Mustard, Ocean Image Bank).

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Reef Robots. Predicting Marine Life Like Weather. Meet the Ocean of 2030.

Matt Shepard in high school, taken in Lugano, Switzerland (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Matt Shepard's Objects at the Smithsonian Show Us the Familiarity of an Icon

Leo Baker's personalized skateboards (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

How LGBTQ Skateboarders Have Carved Out a Place at the Park

Murray & Baker, Chicago, IL. Awnings and Tents, Signs and Banners (1882), page 28, “Adams and Westlake Oil Stove.” (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Roughing It in the 19th Century

Oree Originol, Justice for Kayla Moore and Justice for Layleen Polanco, from Justice for Our Lives, 2014-2020, 78 digital images, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Patricia Tobacco Forrester Endowment, 2020.51A-MM, © 2014, Oree Originol.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Chicanx Queer Visions: Fighting for Change and Exploring Identity

Stunning views inside the Arpa Protected Landscape. (Photo by My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Adventuring the Armenian Way

A giant replica of the Aedes mosquito, a known vector for the disease yellow fever, has been waiting for visitors to return the National Museum of Natural History’s “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” exhibit. (James Di Loreto, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Don’t Miss These Objects When the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum Reopens

Transgender flag designed by Monica Helms (right), and friends. The flag's stripes represent the traditional pink and blue associated with girls and boys and white for intersex, transitioning, or of undefined gender. Helms served in the United States Navy and became an activist for transgender rights in the late 1990s in Arizona where she grew up. She designed the flag in 1999. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Can an Object Be Gay? LGBTQ Collecting

James Eike’s field book entry for April 6, 1971; his 31st Anniversary. (Record Unit 7342 – James W. Eike Papers, 1927, 1950-1983, Box 1, Folder 8, Smithsonian Institution Archives.)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Falling for Field Books

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