A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I.

A 1936 exchange of letters about the prickly porcupine preserves both a contemporary scientific debate and the wit and wisdom of a young Utah girl with a beloved pet.

To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers.

The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.

The photographs of Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) preserve significant glimpses of scientific laboratories during the 1910s and 1920s. Part 1 describes Scott's life, his hearing disability, and how and why he came to make several thousand portraits of scientists.

To celebrate Father’s Day 2019, here are three photographs of famous fathers and sons in biology and physics.

Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.

By the 1960s, Science Service had been acquiring photographs of scientists, obscure as well as famous, for over four decades.

John Thomas, Jr., M.D. (1917-1999), Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1961.