An Elephant Shrew, Born at the Zoo, is Caught on Film
The elephant-shrew looks like a mouse designed by a committee. It’s got a trunk like a pachyderm, the tail of a kangaroo and an anteater’s tongue
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Meet the Scientist Who Reads Bones
Doug Owsley is the Smithsonian’s bone detective and can read a human skeleton, like you can read this post
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Can’t Be in New Orleans? Listen to Mardi Gras Music at Your Desk
We thought we’d treat our cabin fever with a little bit of Louisiana jazz and zydeco courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways
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Tour the Portrait Gallery’s Hall of Presidents on Presidents’ Day
It’s Presidents’ Day—come out to the National Portrait Gallery and pay your respects to the guys who garnered us three days of discount shopping
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