No, it's not a fifties horror movie—not yet! The Smithsonian acquired a giant octopus in January and it is now on display to the public. He may be deceptively small more »
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Polar bears (family name Ursus maritimus) are the largest land carnivore in the world today. Males typically reach an adult weight of between 880 lbs to over 1300 lbs; females more »
All this snow is making Washington's cherry blossoms seem very far away . . .—Elizabeth Periale Ernest Thompson Seton, Bird portraits, 1901
Take a break from the holiday hubbub and visit your National Zoological Park just off Connecticut Avenue, in northwest Washington. The daily programs don’t stop, most buildings and exhibits are more »
The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal was presented for conveyance to Claude Lévi-Strauss, who has been called the “father of modern anthropology,” on June 24, 2009 when he was 100 years more »
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904, Anemone The Libraries may not be able to go along on a cruise to select specimens, but our collections can help more »
The Libraries has some spooky items in its collections…beware! From the Commemorative Stamp Collection, The Mummy – Boris Karloff Führer durch Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark, 1929, Cover, "Panther." A. (Arnout) Vosmaer, more »