Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Educators from North Carolina and South Carolina test the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom curriculum during a professional development training at the Smithsonian Science Education Center.
Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P
Image: Hirshhorn Lead Education Specialist Tiffany McGettigan with Storytime participants in front of Annette Lemieux’s “Nomad” (1988) in the museum. Photo: Kate Warren. Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
The National Museum of Asian Art’s building lit up with lights as a crowd stands in front in the Freer Plaza. Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Sonya Pencheva.
Laser scanning from the air, LiDAR, is one of the tools that GEO-TREES researchers will use to create a global standard for measuring forest carbon. Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.)
Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect)融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1959.13.
Trees festively decorated with brightly colored lights dazzle visitors at ZooLights at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Credit: Skip Brown, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
Researchers found drier winters impact the likelihood of Kirtland’s warblers surviving migration and their ability to survive the breeding season. Credit: Nathan W. Cooper, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
A lower-fungus-farming worker of the rare fungus-farming ant species Mycetophylax asper, collected in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2014, on its fungus garden. Credit: Don Parsons.
Smithsonian Scientists Assembled and Analyzed Sprawling Genetic Database, Finding Some Fungal Crops Later Became Completely Reliant on Ants 27 Million Years Ago
Roberto Lugo, DNA Study Revisited, 2022, urethane resin life cast, foam, wire, and acrylic paint, 66 × 27 × 17 in. (167.6 × 68.6 × 43.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 2024.19
