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A light blue and red tomopterid worm swimming in black water. A light blue credit line along the worm's end reads "Copyright 2012 K.J. Osborn, Smithsonian."

Explore Ocean Bioluminescence and More Free Natural History Programs This December

Stream these programs and more through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

A pile of gourds spilling out of a tipped over container onto a brick floor with a bale of straw in the background.

Say Hello to the Scientist Harvesting Clues About Ancient Gourds and Maize

A group of seven squashes and an ear of corn on grass littered with fallen leaves.

How Ancient Humans Helped Bring Pumpkins to Your Thanksgiving Table

Historic black and white photograph of Sitting Bull sitting down with a feather in his hair and holding a pipe.

New Study Adds to Decade-Old Repatriation of Sitting Bull's Belongings

A Japanese macaque holds a stolen cellphone while shoulder deep in hot spring.

See Past Winning Photographs From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A humpback whale breaches the surface of the ocean on a sunny day.

World's Biggest Whales Eat Three Times More Food Than Scientists Thought

Person wearing winter gear kneeling in the snow holding up a fishing line with a small fish hooked on it

Six Free Natural History Programs Streaming in November

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Fearsome Flies: Meet the Scientist Studying the Top Predators in the Insect World

Pawpaw-Palooza: The Inside Scoop on North America’s Taste of the Tropics

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