Uncovering Earth's Secrets One X-ray at a Time
The National Museum of Natural History’s analytical laboratories are revolutionizing how scientists study everything from Civil War tooth fillings to Earth’s oldest rocks
The National Museum of Natural History’s analytical laboratories are revolutionizing how scientists study everything from Civil War tooth fillings to Earth’s oldest rocks
Emma SaatyAfter stranding on a Florida beach, an orca’s odyssey to the museum will offer rich research opportunities
Emma SaatyIndigenous woolly dogs, ground sloth pendants and more headline-grabbing findings by scientists at the National Museum of Natural History
Emma Saaty & Jack TamisieaAfter a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian. But how did it get here?
Ellyn LapointeThis year, NMNH director Kirk Johnson helped spearhead an effort to add up the collections of the world’s largest museums
Jack TamisieaLearn how this rare hue shows up in the natural world with some of the Smithsonian’s bluest specimens
Ellyn LapointeJoin us for programs about colorful corals, ancient art and more at the National Museum of Natural History
Ellyn LapointeWith more than 20 years of experience at the Smithsonian, Dorothy Lippert is championing a collaborative approach to repatriation
Jack TamisieaJoin a museum intern on a visit to Panama’s Barro Colorado Island to celebrate 100 years of scientific discovery
Ellyn LapointeTake a dive into the museum’s marine mammal collection and learn how a rare North American whale is racing against extinction
Emma SaatyThis Halloween, learn how arachnologist Hannah Wood uses the fossil record to track the evolution of these misunderstood critters
Ellyn LapointeThis Halloween season, learn how the National Museum of Natural History’s dermestid beetle colony transforms decaying animal carcasses into spotless skeletons.
Emma SaatyFor International Sloth Day, learn about the scientific clues preserved in petrified poop
Jack TamisieaThis National Fossil Day, take an inside look at the effort to free the skeleton for research after more than a century in museum fossil halls
Jack TamisieaStop by for programs about bats, fantastic fossils and more at the National Museum of Natural History
Ellyn LapointeGaze into the enormous eye of a giant squid behind the scenes in the museum’s Invertebrate Zoology collection.
Emma SaatyFrom fragile ferns to towering trees, NMNH botanist Warren Wagner has spent over 30 years researching plants from the dense forests of the Pacific Islands.
Emma SaatyThanks to cutting-edge technology, Smithsonian scientists provide worldwide access to some of the museum's most delicate specimens
Raven Capone BenkoCatch up on the museum discoveries you may have missed over the past few months
Emma Saaty & Jack TamisieaFor more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians
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