National Museum of Natural History | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-of-natural-history/RSS feed for National Museum of Natural HistoryenWed, 27 Nov 2024 19:01:19 +0000To Bridge Heritage and Science, the Smithsonian’s Inclusive Education Programs Empower Learners Through Culture and Communityhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/11/27/to-bridge-heritage-and-science-the-smithsonians-inclusive-education-programs-empower-learners-through-culture-and-community/Through Indigenous weaving workshops and environmental science projects, the Smithsonian engages in co-learning projects to support culturally responsive educationWed, 27 Nov 2024 19:01:19 +0000After 50 Years, Scientists Still Love Lucyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/11/22/after-50-years-scientists-still-love-lucy/Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insightsFri, 22 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000To Understand How Species Evolve, Scientists Flock to Where Charismatic Birds Interminglehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/11/21/to-understand-how-species-evolve-scientists-explore-a-manakin-melting-pot-in-panama/For decades, researchers have explored a region in Panama that serves as a “manakin melting pot”Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:30:00 +0000Scientists at the National Museum of Natural History Discover Two Squirrel Species Long Obscured by Mistaken Identitieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/11/13/scientists-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-discover-two-squirrel-species-long-obscured-by-mistaken-identities/Using a variety of techniques, the researchers realized that two subspecies of squirrels from Southeast Asia were actually unique species in their own rightWed, 13 Nov 2024 19:05:00 +0000The Murder Mystery Linking a Bird Specimen at the National Museum of Natural History to the Mysterious Death of an Arctic Explorerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/10/31/the-murder-mystery-linking-a-bird-specimen-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-to-the-mysterious-death-of-an-arctic-explorer/In 1871, a naturalist aboard the U.S.S. Polaris collected scientific specimens — and possibly poisoned the ship’s captainThu, 31 Oct 2024 14:40:00 +0000Meet the Scientist Decoding Human History in South America Through Giant Ground Sloth Fossilshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/10/29/telltale-traces-meet-the-scientist-decoding-human-history-in-south-america-through-giant-ground-sloth-fossils/Thaís Pansani examines the marks humans left on megafauna bones to determine when people arrived in South America and how they interacted with giant mammalsTue, 29 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000The Name Game: A 'Celebrity' Cephalopod Specimen Correctly Identified More Than 80 Years After Discoveryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/10/22/the-name-game-a-celebrity-cephalopod-specimen-correctly-identified-more-than-80-years-after-discovery/Collected by the iconic American writer John Steinbeck, the octopus has received a number of scientific monikersTue, 22 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +0000Our Planet On the Big Screen: New Museum Exhibition Explores Ever-Changing Earth from Space and on the Groundhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/10/17/our-planet-on-the-big-screen-new-museum-exhibition-explores-ever-changing-earth-from-space-and-on-the-ground/The Smithsonian partners with NASA to present the Earth Information Center, a larger-than-life display that visualizes interconnected changes on the planetThu, 17 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000