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The practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, is widespread around the world.

The National Museum of Natural History’s herbarium is helping botanists research climate-driven changes in plants, their biology and their abundance

The first Americans: How and when were the Americas populated? by Mary Caperton Morton Thursday, December 15, 2016 Archaeologists used to have a tidy story to explain the earliest peopling of the Americas: During the last ice age, when sea levels were much lower, a band of intrepid travelers walked from East Asia, over the Bering land bridge, and into Alaska. From there, they followed an ice-free corridor east of the Canadian Rockies south onto the megafauna-rich plains, eventually spreading throughout North and South America by 11,000 years ago and leaving a trail of finely shaped �...

April 29th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Emily Leclerc Fossil plants reveal information about the temperature and precipitation of past climates. Scientists use what they learn from fossil plants to inform their research on modern climate change (USNM PAL 606436, Smithsonian) In a world obsessed with human ingenuity, plants are perhaps the most underappreciated innovators. Their ability to adapt sprouts from necessity. Plants cannot root elsewhere when faced with an inhospitable environment. “Plants are the masters of taking what’s available and using it to their advantage...

April 22nd, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Abigail Eisenstadt Many organisms like coral — and even people — create their own minerals to perform basic life functions. Geologists can study these biominerals to learn more about Earth. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian) Evolving Climate: The Smithsonian is so much more than its world-renowned exhibits and artifacts. It is an organization dedicated to understanding how the past informs the present and future. Once a week, we will show you how the National Museum of Natural History’s seven scientific research departments take les...