The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.

Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet joined the Smithsonian in 1966 as a special advisor in tropical botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the program ended in 1968, she was transferred to the Department of Botany, where she remained, eventually serving as a curator in the division, until her death in 1986. #Groundbreaker

Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

Dr. Helene C. Muller-Landau, Lead Scientist, Forest Global Earth Observatory's Global Forest Carbon Initiative, has researched the patterns, causes, and consequences of plant diversity for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute since 2008. As leader of the program, Muller-Landau strives to implement standardized measurements of forest carbon stocks and fluxes across forest research sites. #Groundbreaker

Doris Holmes Blake's devotion to her passion for entomology made her a treasure to natural history and the Smithsonian Institution.

Elaine R.S. Hodges, scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1965–1996, made drawings of insects and other organisms that were frequently used by Smithsonian scientists. She was a founder of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and edited the Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (1989). #Groundbreaker

For Women's History Month, we're participating in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women in natural history in our collections. Learn about how you can join in on all of the fun this month!

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

A look at the importance of getting your hands dirty and sharing your ideas in the pursuit of knowledge

We launched a new website about a group of mid-1800s naturalists who explored the outer reaches of the United States collecting for major American institutions, but returned to the Smithsonian's Castle for some serious fun.