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. 

This holiday week and next (December 20-December 31), learn more about how to make gingerbread houses at the working kitchen in the Museum's new exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture.

Director Adam Isenberg received the 2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award for his film A Life Without Words (Una Vida Sin Palabras) on Sunday, December 2, as part of the the closing celebrations of the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival.