Six Bewitching Smithsonian Specimens to Get You Ready for Halloween
Check out some of the spookiest (read: coolest) items in the National Museum of Natural History's collections.
Saving This Rare Whale Skeleton was a Dirty Job
The Smithsonian welcomes a rare whale skeleton that was found dead on an island in the Florida Everglades. The specimen is expected to help scientists better define and understand the endangered species.
Scientists Describe New Bird Species 10 Years After First Reported Sighting
In an article published today in the journal <i>Zootaxa</i>, Smithsonian researchers described the spectacled flowerpecker after a decade of only scattered sightings and photographs of the small gray birds.