Alexander von Humboldt | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/alexander-von-humboldt/RSS feed for Alexander von HumboldtenTue, 01 Feb 2022 20:38:51 +0000Meet Elmer and Lima, a Same-Sex Penguin Couple Fostering a Chick at a Syracuse Zoohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/same-sex-penguin-couple-fosters-a-chick-at-a-syracuse-zoo-180979495/The two male birds are 'exemplary' parents, says the zoo’s directorTue, 01 Feb 2022 20:38:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/same-sex-penguin-couple-fosters-a-chick-at-a-syracuse-zoo-180979495/Why Germany's Newly Opened Humboldt Forum Is So Controversialhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/germany-controversial-humboldt-forum-180978251/Critics cite the Berlin museum's ties to the country's colonialist pastFri, 23 Jul 2021 14:35:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/germany-controversial-humboldt-forum-180978251/How the Revolutionary Thinker Alexander von Humboldt Helped to Create the Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-revolutionary-thinker-alexander-von-humboldt-helped-create-smithsonian-180975790/The 19th-century polymath continues to influence the Institution’s research; a major Smithsonian exhibition explains how and why Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:57:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-revolutionary-thinker-alexander-von-humboldt-helped-create-smithsonian-180975790/