The Lemelson Center celebrates a decade of nurturing the inventor in each of us
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Cristián Samper’s lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world’s largest collection
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Modern science, ancient catastrophes and the endless quest to predict earthquakes
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On the remote Alaskan archipelago, scientists and Aleuts are trying to find the causes of a worrisome decline in fur seals
The voracious “Frankenfish” has turned up in the Potomac River, Lake Michigan and a California lake, sparking fears of an ecological Armageddon
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When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life
Recent discoveries of skull fragments and tools testify to the resourcefulness of early humans
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A pistol-packing American scientist puts his life on the line to reduce “the most serious threat to African wildlife”
From mosquitoes to mementos, the smallest items in the Smithsonian’s collections can be the most useful
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Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
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Robotic spacecraft allow geologists to explore other planets as if they were on-site
In Anchorage, Alaska, you never know when a moose will show up on your doorstep
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John James Audubon: America’s Rare Bird
The foreign-born frontiersman became one of the 19th century’s greatest wildlife artists and a hero of the ecology movement
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When Luna, a people-loving orca, chose Vancouver Island’s Nootka Sound for his home, he set in motion a drama of leviathan proportions
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Researchers make an annual pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio, to study inherited traits
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Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community
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A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California’s diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it’s not too late to undo the damage
Microscope jockeys from around the world enter their masterpieces in an annual art show
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Becoming a Full-Fledged Condor
The California condor learns from people, other condors and the school of hard knocks
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Wielding cutting-edge science and lots of patience. James Hill Craddock hopes to restore the ravaged American chestnut tree to its former glory
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