We’ve got the petrified poop, we’ve got the presidential connection, we’ve got everything you need to celebrate Sloth Week at the Smithsonian. Continue reading Celebrate Sloth Week at the Smithsonian
The three newest members of the Zoo’s Asian elephant herd checked out their new digs for the first time. Continue reading The newest residents of Elephant Trails take a stroll
For the first time in history, 3-D technology has been used to create a portrait of a sitting president. Continue reading Smithsonian makes history with first scanned 3-D Presidential portrait
Bill McShea, ecologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Smithsonian’s “panda guy,” is baffled by the public’s love affair with the critically endangered critters. Continue reading Are pandas the Bitcoin of the natural world?
A pair of Smithsonian marine biologists argue that a warming Arctic puts the area at risk for inviting invasive species. Continue reading Arctic shipping: Good for invasive species, bad for the rest of nature
Melodie Sweeney, an associate curator in the Department of Art & Culture at the National Museum of American History, shares some Marx Brothers highlights in honor of the iconic trio’s 100th anniversary. Continue reading The Marx Brothers: The “comic combustion” celebrates 100 years
Forget filing and fetching coffee–this Smithsonian intern only discovered the skull of the largest snake the world has ever seen. Continue reading All in a day’s work
Human activity has had an unintended consequence in the increase of a debilitating tropical disease. Continue reading 250 million suffer from parasitic disease worldwide. Smithsonian scientists may have a solution.
Long before Bill Nye the Science Guy and Neil De Grasse Tyson, the original Mr. Wizard used television to awaken generations of kids to the wonders of science. Continue reading The original Mr. Wizard used science, not magic, to work everyday wonders
A Smithsonian scientist follows in the footsteps of a 19th-century naturalist to rediscover a long-lost species. Continue reading The Clarion nightsnake comes out of the shadows
Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen. Voting ends Sunday, September 21st! Continue reading Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen
(Ed. note: We should note that it's never wise to stand behind a cow, even a buttery one. Cow pies never win blue ribbons.) Continue reading Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition
More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive
Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down
