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After a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian. But how did it get here?

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A hatchery in Cape Town breeds birds for release in a newly established sanctuary for penguins 146 miles east, where a few early signs suggest the penguins may have found a new home.

Learn how this rare hue shows up in the natural world with some of the Smithsonian’s bluest specimens

Tourists flock to see coral reefs in Gili Matra, near Bali, which are at growing risk from warming seas. Locals are working to restore coral, while coming up with new income sources – like fish floss.

Severe bleaching is forecast to hit 12 Indonesian marine protected areas every year by 2030 – then spread to other areas. Here’s what locals, experts and the government say we need to do to save them.

Join a museum intern on a visit to Panama’s Barro Colorado Island to celebrate 100 years of scientific discovery

With rat populations exploding across the globe, exterminators have one last shot to take back city streets from this cunning, resourceful pest.

This Halloween, learn how arachnologist Hannah Wood uses the fossil record to track the evolution of these misunderstood critters

The journalism produced by the 70th Scripps Howard Award winners spurred action and led to changes across the globe. The Scripps Howard Awards, presented by the Scripps Howard Fund, honor reporting from television stations, networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online media outlets, independent producers, newspapers and print publications.