National Museum of Natural History | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-of-natural-history/RSS feed for National Museum of Natural HistoryenMon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000Meet the Entomologist and Wildlife Photographer Zooming in on the Weird and Wonderful World of Antshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/04/13/meet-the-entomologist-and-wildlife-photographer-zooming-in-on-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-ants/Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked behaviors of insectsMon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/04/13/meet-the-entomologist-and-wildlife-photographer-zooming-in-on-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-ants/‘Snarge,’ Seashells and Much More This April at the National Museum of Natural Historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/04/09/snarge-seashells-and-much-more-this-april-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history/This spring, the museum is hosting events exploring everything from how our ancestors wielded wooden tools to the work of forensic ornithologistsThu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/04/09/snarge-seashells-and-much-more-this-april-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history/The Smithsonian Curator Who Loved Frogshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/31/the-smithsonian-curator-who-loved-frogs/As the first female curator of the National Museum of Natural History’s collection of amphibians and reptiles, Doris Cochran shaped herpetology at the museum and beyondTue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/31/the-smithsonian-curator-who-loved-frogs/Meet ‘Junior,’ the Giant Bison Skull That Crossed the Country to Star in New Exhibition at the National Museum of Natural Historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/26/meet-junior-the-giant-bison-skull-that-crossed-the-country-to-star-in-new-exhibition-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history/The colossal cranium from Idaho recently received a touch-up to prepare for the Smithsonian spotlightThu, 26 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/26/meet-junior-the-giant-bison-skull-that-crossed-the-country-to-star-in-new-exhibition-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history/Meet the Scientist Analyzing Historic Bison DNA to Understand How the Species Rebounded From the Edge of Extinctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/04/meet-the-scientist-analyzing-historic-bison-dna-to-understand-how-the-species-rebounded-from-the-edge-of-extinction/Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its declineWed, 04 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/03/04/meet-the-scientist-analyzing-historic-bison-dna-to-understand-how-the-species-rebounded-from-the-edge-of-extinction/Researchers Discover New Lineage of Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolins Using Scales in the Museum’s Collectionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/02/19/researchers-discover-new-lineage-of-critically-endangered-sunda-pangolins-using-scales-in-the-museums-collection/For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammalsThu, 19 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2026/02/19/researchers-discover-new-lineage-of-critically-endangered-sunda-pangolins-using-scales-in-the-museums-collection/