In the next few decades, the global human population will exceed 9 billion—and 70 percent will live in cities. How can hunger be addressed in this growing population? On Saturday, Februrary 2, speakers from Columbia University and the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science will present and lead discussions on this topic, and more, in a day of learning; one topic will be vertical farming.

Museum Curator Mark E. Siddall joins former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as he announces the 2012 provisional Guinea worm case numbers during a LIVE broadcast via Google+ Hangout at 10:45 am EST this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. 

Opening Saturday, March 23, a special exhibition, Whales: Giants of the Deep, will bring Museum visitors closer than ever to some of the mightiest, most massive, and mysterious mammals on Earth.

Chef, author, and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson joins activist Raj Patel and geneticist Molly Jahn for "How To Feed a Growing Planet"—an exciting roundtable at the Museum on January 10, 2013.

Witness the longest insect migration on earth—and the decades-long passion of one scientist—as the mystery of the monarchs unfolds in Flight of the Butterflies, which opens this Saturday, January 5, in the Museum's LeFrak IMAX Theater. Watch the trailer.