American Indian Museum launches Chawaytiri documentation project in Peru
For two weeks the team recorded and documented the community’s elders, families and llamas along a pilgrimage of remembrance in Pisaq, Peru.
Science Spotlight
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The three male cheetahs that left the National Zoo’s D.C. campus in 2009 returned in November and are now on exhibit
The three male cheetahs that left the Zoo’s D.C. campus in 2009 returned in November and are now on exhibit. The five-and-a-half-year-old brothers―Draco, Granger, and Zabini, named after characters in the Harry Potter stories―have been living at the Zoo’s Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Cheetah Science Facility in Front Royal, Virginia.
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Prehistoric bird able to yield extreme fighting force with club-like wings
The prehistoric Xenicibis used its wings like two clubs hinged at the wrist joint in order to swing at and attack one another.
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Smithsonian instrument reveals Sun’s innermost corona
An instrument on board NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, developed by Smithsonian scientists, is giving unprecedented views of the Sun’s innermost corona 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Learn about the National Zoo’s flamingo flock with keeper Sara Hallager
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Starch grains found on Neandertal teeth debunks theory that dietary deficiencies caused their extinction
The discovery of starch granules in the calculus on Neandertal teeth provides direct evidence that they made sophisticated, thoughtful food choices and ate more nutrient-rich plants, for example date palms, legumes and grains such as barley.
