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This 17-year Brood X cicada nymph is one step away from adulthood. After emerging from the dirt, cicadas typically crawl up the base of a tree to complete their final molt, expand their wings and fly away.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Cicada Snacks: The Wild (and Tasty) Side of Brood X at the Zoo

Michael Collins, the Museum's third director, stands before the steel skeleton of the new National Air and Space Museum in July 1974.

National Air and Space Museum

Carrying the Fire

Michael Collins' NASA astronaut portrait.

National Air and Space Museum

Remembering Michael Collins

Smithsonian Associates Streaming presents surprising stories behind the jewels in the Smithsonian National Gem Collection. (Hope Diamond, Chip Clark)

Smithsonian Associates

Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection Unearthed and 34 More Programs Streaming in May

Fossil plants reveal information about the temperature and precipitation of past climates. Scientists use what they learn from fossil plants to inform their research on modern climate change (USNM PAL 606436, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

What Fossil Plants Reveal About Climate Change

Darkfeather Ancheta, Eckos Chartraw-Ancheta, and Bibiana Ancheta, Tulalip, Washington. Darkfeather, is pictured with her sister Bibiana and nephew Eckos at the edge of Tulalip Bay. They are wearing traditional regalia prepared for their annual Canoe Journey. Every year, upwards of 100 U.S. tribes, Canadian First Nations and New Zealand canoe families will make “The Journey” by pulling their canoes to a host destination Tribe. Canoe families pull for weeks, and upon landing participate in several days and nights of “protocol”, a celebration sharing traditional knowledge, ancestral songs, and sacred dances. Photo by Matika Wilbur for Project 562. Courtesy of the Artist.

Smithsonian Affiliations

Beyond Stereotypes: Portraits and Stories of Native American Women

Introductory graphic for “Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together” video series. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

New Video Series Highlights Book Conservation Treatments

This 1989 custom-made guitar was designed by Prince and constructed by a small company, Knut-Koupee Enterprises, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Five of the Most Intriguing Electric Guitars at the National Museum of American History

Elexia Alleyne. Photo courtesy of the artist

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Coming of Age in Poetry: An Interview with Elexia Alleyne

LEFT: Malaquias Montoya, Yo Soy Chicano, 1972 (reprinted in collaboration with Dignidad Rebelde, 2013). Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores García © 1972, Malaquias Montoya (2019.51.1) RIGHT: Rupert García, Frida Kahlo (September), ​​​​​from Galería de la Raza 1975 Calendario, 1975. Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum © 1975, Rupert García (2019.52.19)

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

Change Makers

A prairie warbler greets the spring in New Jersey. PHOTO Cameron Darnell

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

Deciphering the Mysteries of Migratory Birds

Library Bureau, Boston, MA. Classified Illustrated Catalog of the Library Department of Library Bureau (1899), page 82, Perforating Stamp. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Vintage Supplies that Kept Libraries Running

Happy Earth Day 2021! Hillary Hughes, Panamanian actress, visits the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Agua Salud Project during the filming of videos in Spanish and English to share hope for the success of tropical forest reforestation informed by the largest experiment of its kind in the tropics. (video still)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Watch These Two Videos and You Will Feel More Hopeful About the Future of Tropical Forests

Many organisms like coral — and even people — create their own minerals to perform basic life functions. Geologists can study these biominerals to learn more about Earth. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

How Biominerals are Stepping Stones for Climate Change Research

Celebrate Earth Day online again with Earth Optimism.

Smithsonian Science

Earth Day Is Going Digital Again, but Don't Let That Get You Down

CULINASIA panel discussions will be held May 5, May 19, June 9 and June 23.

Smithsonian Associates

CULINASIA Conversation Series Explores the Future of Asian Food in America

Chinese poetry carved on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. (Text from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the “Ellis Island of the West”

A sea lion at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

5 Free Programs Streaming for Earth Week

Landscapes have been managed by humans for thousands of years – some sustainably, others less so. The Martu people of Australia burn the grasses in continent’s Western Desert. The practice yields food, but also increases biodiversity in the area. (Rebecca Bliege Bird)

National Museum of Natural History

New Study Pushes Origins of Human-Driven Global Change Back Thousands of Years

Shreya Ramachandran created her own nonprofit, The Grey Water Project, to educate and provide resources to diverse audiences on water recycling both at home and in the workplace.

Smithsonian Science

Meet Shreya Ramachandran, Water Hero and Advocate

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