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Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth at Smithsonian’s National Zoo 26 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
Giant panda Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) gave birth to a cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. at 5:32 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23. The panda team heard the cub vocalize and glimpsed the cub fo...
Pieces of rare meteorite land at five academic institutions 22 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
The main mass of a rare meteorite that exploded over California’s Sierra foothills in April 2012 will be preserved for current and future scientific discoveries, thanks to the collaborative efforts of...
Last seen 140 years ago, deep sea worm resurfaces, delighting scientists 20 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
In 2009, during an expedition by a Russian research ship, a small length of yellow flesh about 5 centimeters long was dredged up from the Romanche Trench in the Equatorial Atlantic near South America....
Smithsonian scientists discover new species of carnivore: the olinguito 15 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Observed in the wild, tucked away in museum collections, and even exhibited in zoos around the world―there is one mysterious creature that has been a victim of mistaken identity for more than 100 year...
NASA’s Chandra sees eclipsing planet in X-rays for first time 14 Aug 2013 | 05:42 pm
For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star....
Panama’s golden frog bred in captivity for first time 12 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
The Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project recently announced that the golden frog, a national icon on the brink of extinction, has been successfully raised in captivity at the El Valle Amph...
da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds” will be on view at Air and Space Museum, Sept. 13-Oct. 22. 9 Aug 2013 | 03:18 pm
One of Italy’s greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds, will be exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum from Sept. 13 until Oct. 22. The extraordinary document, cre...
Q&A: Katie Cramer on the long term human impact on coral reefs in Caribbean Panama 7 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
Katie Cramer is a MarineGEO Post-Doctoral Fellow and travels to Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama throughout the year to conduct research. Her recent paper in the Bulletin of Marine Sc...
Caught on camera: Despite hard shells pollen sticks to South African beetles 2 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
Smooth and shiny, the tough body of the South African beetle Pedinorrhina trivittata, a flower eater, appears to be a non-inviting surface for pollen grains to stick. Specimens of this beetle collecte...
First wild horse species born from artificial insemination at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are celebrating the birth of a female Przewalski’s (Cha-VAL-skee) horse—the first to be born via artificial insemination. The foal’s birth ...
