Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape
Benjamin Hack
| April 15, 2025
A serendipitous find in the National Museum of Natural History’s collections yielded just the second known specimen of a mysterious Cuban anole
Benjamin Hack
| April 9, 2025
From brilliant blues to fiery reds, discover how nature crafts diamonds in every color, and why some shades are rarer than the rest
Emma Saaty
| April 1, 2025
The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959
Jack Tamisiea
| March 26, 2025
The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart
Jack Tamisiea
| March 17, 2025
Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and space
Benjamin Hack
| March 11, 2025
Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions frozen in time
Emma Saaty
| March 6, 2025
The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a long-held hypothesis
Jack Tamisiea
| March 3, 2025
From a beautiful fish that’s eating the Caribbean to a tiny bivalve with a huge impact, North America’s most notorious introduced species have reshaped the continent’s ecosystems
Benjamin Hack
| February 25, 2025
For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed and the planet’s future
Danielle Olson
| February 11, 2025
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