Spring is finally here and we’re all excited about getting outside. While you’re out enjoying the weather, why not contribute to the world’s scientific database of biodiversity? Continue reading Puttin’ on the Blitz—the BioBlitz
We know we should eat more fish, but overfishing and other unsound practices cause severe environmental damage. Dr. Carole Baldwin offers some advice on choosing wisely to protect the ocean’s health as well as our own. Continue reading Skip the shrimp and tout the tilapia
Smithsonian scientists take the relationship between insects and the plants they eat down to the DNA. Continue reading Going for the gut
If we can’t bring the world’s 7 billion people to the Smithsonian (not enough parking), let’s bring the Smithsonian to them. Continue reading Finding the human connection in a digital age
Help tag ocean species for the Encyclopedia of Life at a Flickr tagging party April 2. All are welcome! Continue reading No, we said ‘tagging party,’ not ‘toga party’
They’re both among the more than 30 props and movie artifacts donated to the American History Museum by Warner Bros. Entertainment. Continue reading What do George Clooney’s cowl and Halle Berry’s bra have in common?
Quick, name a pioneering female scientist…other than Marie Curie. Thought so. Here’s a chance to broaden your education. Continue reading Six pioneering women scientists you’ve never heard of
From the Amazon to the Yellowstone, the 21st Environmental Film Festival celebrates the role of rivers in our environmental support system. Continue reading A river runs through us all
In which we learn whether the Smithsonian will ever acquire Prince’s peekaboo jumpsuit. Continue reading Rock and roll will never die
As Black History Month winds down, consider these portraits of six iconoclastic African Americans who remind us that history is written every day, by each of us. Continue reading “Blackness is what I know best.”
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
