Nature & Wildlife
Explore Nature & Wildlife across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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Fossil preparator Michelle Pinsdorf introduces this small marsupial, which was the largest mammal of its time 66 million years ago, but looks tiny next to Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils.
Senior Collections Manager Dr. Floyd Shockley, who grew up in Missouri, introduces the blue catfish specimen in the Bones Hall and tells the surprising story of how it got to the Smithsonian.
Dr. Briana Pobiner, a paleoanthropologist at the museum who was born and grew up in New York, introduces this fossil "sea scorpion" that lived over 415 million years ago.
Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, introduces this fossil of an ancient horse, one of his favorite fossils in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time exhibit.
Join Marty and Beth as they investigate severe storms, learn how scientists study tornadoes and hurricanes, and discover how weather satellites changed our understanding of Earth.
Mango season is upon us! If you’ve been feasting on these delicious, juicy fruits, you’re probably left with those hairy, flat seeds. Now what? Let’s grow our own mangoes!
Horticulturist Sylvia is collecting seeds off of Asclepias verticillata. Whorled milkweed is a pollinator magnet, love sunny spaces, and dry soil.
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Researchers used elements trapped within Galápagos corals to understand natural swings in the climate over the past millennium. They hint that variability has gone up over the past 40 years compared to preindustrial times.