The 2018 Margaret Mead Film Festival will be held October 18-21.

Why are there so many fossil shark teeth and so few fossil shark skeletons?

Awe-inspiring extraterrestrial eruptions

Corals are living records of climate change.

Wild orangutans teach scientists about the evolution of human diets.

Seven ways the nautilus is exceptionally unique.

Astronomer Jackie Faherty explains a controversial decision.

Paleontologist Danny Barta explains what is and is not a dinosaur.

What can corals reveal about how our oceans have changed over time? 

How do our brains make sense of the world our eyes see?

What makes one volcano more explosive than another?

How did trilobites grow and change during the 300 million years they inhabited the seas?

Are we ready for the future of A.I.?

Experience the ocean's mysteries March 12, 2018.

Are fecal transplants the future of treating certain life-threatening diseases? 

Humans see more colors than most mammals.

Recent dramatic changes on Earth.

Some species don't need this vital sense.

What can Earth and its species tell us about the possibility of life on other planets?

Exploring the primordial sense.

How can humans and bears be better neighbors? 

Opens November 2017

How do you make a butterfly?

How does the Museum care for its collection of more than 4,000 dry coral specimens?

Travel behind the scenes in 360.

The festival will be held October 19–22.

Georeferencing a famous author's specimens.

What to expect in the August 2017 eclipse. 

An exciting year as a high school scientist.

Blood-feeding bats get decoded.

Dr. Hayashi shares her fascination with spiders and their DNA.

How does aerobic exercise change your brain?

The greatest battle the world has never seen. 

There's more to some century-old collections than meets the eye.

Solving evolutionary puzzles by discovering new species. 

Behind the scenes with Museum conservators.

The journey of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition.

Do we pass on our stress?

The first Earth Day was in 1970. What’s changed since? 

Why is science important to you?

Can we, and should we, bring back the mammoth?

Protecting an endangered primate in Vietnam.

How will islanders cope with climate change?

Associate Curator, Division of Vertebrate Zoology

How similarly to us do insects act?

Look closely at Egyptian and Peruvian mummies.

Can we eradicate the world's deadliest animal?

The island of Cuba holds clues for bat researchers. 

Gravitational waves, explained.

Cuba's biodiversity is as unique as its culture.