National Museum of Natural History Unearthed

All About Fossils

2013-03-18T22:23:28-04:00

This post first appeared on the Bureau of International Information Programs in the United States Department of State's blog Our Planet on March 8, 2013 as part or their Smithsonian Month series. Thank you to the Bureau of International Information Programs in the United States Department of State for permisison...

“Charro” and “Cowboy” Hermit Crabs

2013-02-25T22:11:59-05:00

This post originally appeared on the Department of Invertebrate Zoology’s blog – No Bones - on February 20, 2013. Thank you to the Department of Invertebrate Zoology for allowing us to repost this piece! The Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP) is a Smithsonian initiative in the island of Curaçao which...

NMNH Youth Advisory Board: Offering the Teen Perspective on Museum Experiences

2013-01-04T14:00:00-05:00

YAB members, Olivia Persons and Facundo Severi, pause to take a picture as they explore what the ArtLab+ at the Hishhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has to offer local teens in their tech savvy space. Image Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution. Nagla Fetouh, Contractor, Office of Education & Outreach “Do you...

YES! Intern 2012 - Tho Tran

2012-11-23T11:40:00-05:00

Observing dental and skull structure under a microscope to identify an unknown specimen. Image courtesy of Tho Tran. By Tho Tran, YES! 2012 Intern Where are you from and what brings you to the Museum? My name is Tho Tran, and I am a rising sophomore from Annandale High School...

Reflections on The Beautiful Time

2012-11-21T10:21:13-05:00

Erin Haney, Research Associate, National Museum of African Art/ Lecturer, George Washington University At NMNH, don’t miss Sammy Baloji’s exhibition The Beautiful Time, on view until January 7, 2013. The Beautiful Time splices together two visual tracks, and sets off a powerful and haunting study in reverberation—cutting through space and...

Our Restaurants Go Green

2012-11-08T11:51:28-05:00

By Toby Zeeger, Restaurant Associates, and Eric Hollinger, Anthropologist/Co-chair, NMNH Greening Task Force Did you know? At NMNH, we compost food scraps. All you need to do is put your food in the right bin like our visitor is doing here. Image courtesy of NMNH. It is our pleasure to...

The 9,000 year-old Kennewick Man

2012-10-25T12:47:27-04:00

Final Kennewick Man facial reconstruction. Photograph by Brittney Tatchell. Forensic sculpture by Amanda Danning, StudioEIS, Karin Bruwelheide, and Doug Owsley. By Ann Kaupp, Anthropology Outreach Office In 1996 a 9,000 plus year-old skeleton with a stone spear point embedded in his hip bone was found by the banks of the...

New on the Web and in FossiLab

2012-10-01T20:30:00-04:00

Washington, D.C., 110 million years ago. The Dinosaurs in Our Backyard website explores the science behind this reconstruction of an Early Cretaceous wetland. Illustration by Mary Parrish. By Abby Telfer, FossiLab Manager, Paleobiology Department Just in time for National Fossil Day, October 17th, and International Dinosaur Month, the Department of...

Have 5 Minutes? Take the Unearthed Survey

2012-09-14T11:00:00-04:00

By Sarah Banks, Audience Engagement Specialist Welcome to Unearthed, the blog of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History! After two years of taking you behind-the-scenes, introducing your to fascinating species, and updating you on the latest happenings at the Museum, we're asking you to tell us what you want...

Summer Interns 2012 - Gillian Frisch

2012-09-13T19:30:00-04:00

By Gillian Frisch, Public Affairs Intern Where are you from and what brings you to the museum? I come from Biddeford, Maine, where I studied Marine Biology and English at the University of New England. I became completely absorbed by the possibilities of new discoveries and studies in the scientific...