Whale milk is some of the richest milk available to any mammal. A baby whale will drink 150 gallons of it a day to sustain its dramatic growth.

Baby Humpbacks Need 150 Gallons of Whale Milk a Day (2:51)

Prepare to be amazed.

Ask Smithsonian: What’s a Stone Baby? (1:07)

Green tree vipers can kill in the dark. With special heat-sensing abilities, they can find prey that's all but invisible.

A Pit Viper's Sixth Sense (2:03)

Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, explains how genomics are revolutionizing medicine at Smithsonian's "The Future is Here" event

The Human Genome: Unlocking Life's Code (15:37)