https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-of-natural-history/RSS feed for National Museum of Natural HistoryenWed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/10/14/these-tiny-fossil-fish-offer-a-glimpse-into-a-once-lush-wyoming/A 50-million-year-old slab preserves hundreds of freshwater herring—and a window into an ancient landscape unrecognizable todayWed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/10/14/these-tiny-fossil-fish-offer-a-glimpse-into-a-once-lush-wyoming/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/30/this-fall-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-dinosaurs-neanderthals-and-elmo/Learn about the history of humans’ taste for tuna, Yellowstone’s iconic bison and much more at the museum this October and NovemberWed, 30 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/30/this-fall-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-dinosaurs-neanderthals-and-elmo/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/22/meet-the-spatula-nosed-fish-whose-anatomy-has-hardly-changed-since-the-cretaceous/The National Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition “From These Lands” features an American paddlefish, the last surviving species of an ancient lineage of fishes that predates dinosaursTue, 22 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/22/meet-the-spatula-nosed-fish-whose-anatomy-has-hardly-changed-since-the-cretaceous/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/15/meet-francisco-werner-the-national-museum-of-natural-historys-new-sant-chair-for-marine-science/With decades of experience in ocean research, Werner is excited to work with the museum’s unrivaled collections and a world-class staff of marine scientistsTue, 15 Sep 2026 15:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/09/15/meet-francisco-werner-the-national-museum-of-natural-historys-new-sant-chair-for-marine-science/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/31/meet-the-museum-scientist-studying-modern-birds-and-fossils-to-understand-how-ancient-avians-took-flight/Smithsonian researcher Klara Widrig studies living birds to build 3D models of their ancestors’ anatomies, uncovering how flight evolvedMon, 31 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/31/meet-the-museum-scientist-studying-modern-birds-and-fossils-to-understand-how-ancient-avians-took-flight/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/27/microscopic-fossils-reveal-the-culprit-of-an-ancient-extinction-is-still-at-large/Chemical clues preserved in tiny shells reveal that ocean acidification doomed a group of planktonic organisms that have outsized impact on climateThu, 27 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/27/microscopic-fossils-reveal-the-culprit-of-an-ancient-extinction-is-still-at-large/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/19/how-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-photographed-over-600-objects-to-bring-a-new-exhibition-representing-the-entire-united-states-to-life/For “From These Lands,” museum photographers drew on their experience and creativity to document everything from tiny insects to a colossal canoeWed, 19 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/08/19/how-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-photographed-over-600-objects-to-bring-a-new-exhibition-representing-the-entire-united-states-to-life/