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Smithsonian anthropologists hold up the world’s longest beard after it was donated to the National Museum of Natural History in 1967. (Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Five of Nature’s Best Beards for World Beard Day

Henry Ossawa Tanner,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Road Trip: Morocco on my Mind

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

Archives of American Art

Acquisitions: Chiura Obata Papers

Southern elephant seals normally live in the South Atlantic, often as far south as Antarctica. These are young male Southern elephant seals from the South Shetland and Anvers islands, Antarctica. (Daniel Costa / University of California, Santa Cruz under the National Marine Fisheries Service permits (numbers 87-1593 and 87-1851-00) and ACA authorization)

National Museum of Natural History

What A 1000-Year-Old Seal Skull Can Say About Climate Change

Omaca, the sample eating Tapir (tried, but did not succeed). Jokes aside, a remarkable animal to be around while doing science! Photo credit: Benjamin Blonder.

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Help, a Tapir is Trying to Eat My Leaves! A Month of Plant Ecophysiology in Yasuní

Ground crew servicing a group of Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks. Presumed to be No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal. (Photograph Courtesy of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum)

National Air and Space Museum

The Cactus Air Force’s Forgotten Spine: The Royal New Zealand Air Force at Guadalcanal

Emilio Sanchez with children in Puerto Rico, 1964. Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

How Painter Emilio Sanchez Used Travel Snapshots As Aesthetic Experimentation

In a live-streamed Smithsonian Associates program on September 23, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Alan Alda discuss the intricacies of the virus that has held the public in sway since March.

Smithsonian Associates

Anthony Fauci and Alan Alda Talk Science and 26 Other Smithsonian Programs Streaming in September

Portrait of science fiction author Ray Bradbury. (Copyright © V. Tony Hauser, Courtesy The Ray Bradbury Literary Works, LLC.)

National Air and Space Museum

Gaining Inspiration from The Martian Chronicles

US Navy blimp L-8 in flight to drop off supplies to the Doolittle Raiders off the coast of California. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

National Air and Space Museum

A Special Delivery for the Doolittle Raiders

An Indigenous couple marries on the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park. Many of the United States' National Parks are places of historical, cultural, and sacred meaning for Native communities. (Photo used with the permission of Desirée Shelley Flores)

National Museum of the American Indian

How Native Americans Bring Depth of Understanding to the Nation’s National Parks

the biodiversity of the Pantanal is outstanding. There is a great abundant of birds and a large quantity of mammals as shown in the big picture above. In this picture alone we can see at least four species of birds and a female Marsh deer. (W. Tomas)

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Cattle Ranching and Sustainability in the Wetlands of Pantanal, Brazil

A 41-day-old Guam kingfisher chick at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. With fewer than 140 Guam kingfishers left in the world, all living in human care, every chick is precious.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Growing Up Guam Kingfisher

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

“Who Run The World?” Celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

Collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History that are similar to objects in the show “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” (Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Six Avatar-Themed Items in the Smithsonian Collections

Dumas digging up a nest of Ectatomma ruidum. Photo credit: Jorge Alemán, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Digging Up Knowledge from Tropical Forest Floors

The Smithsonian’s National Mosquito Collection has about 1.9 million specimens from around the world that researchers use to study diseases like malaria. (Paul Fetters for the Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Get to Know the Scientist in Charge of Smithsonian’s 1.9 Million Mosquitoes

Audrey Flack, Spitfire, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 73 x 110.5 inches, Gift of Stuart M. Speiser from the Stuart M. Speiser Photorealist Collection, National Air and Space Museum.

National Air and Space Museum

Beneath the Surface: Audrey Flack’s Photorealism

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

National Air and Space Museum

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: The “Big-Tailed Beast”

Ruth Law stands in front of her Wright Model B biplane at the New York State Fair, Yonkers, 1913.

National Air and Space Museum

Women's Suffrage Stories in the Archives

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