Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305" caption="Cake, by Daniel Nelson, Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0."][/caption] It’s hard to believe, but it has been two years to the day that THE BIGGER PICTURE has been in existence (note: that rogue January post doesn’t count as it was backdated)! The blog was started by the Smithsonian Photography
Description: Couldn’t we all use a little more warmth and kindness in the world? For World Kindness Day, we’re highlighting acts of kindness by Smithsonian employees that were featured in the staff newsletter, "The Torch."
Description: In honor of Women's History Month, here is a brief biography of sorts about Viola S. Schantz, a prominent mammalogist who worked for the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service from 1918-1961.
Description: [view in English]Matthew Stirling desarrolló enteramente su carrera en antropología y arqueología en el Smithsonian Institution. Geográficamente, cubrió un área desde Nueva Guinea hasta las Américas, y sus contribuciones a la ciencia fue igualmente amplia. Educado en la Universidad de California en Berkeley y la Universidad de George Washington, Stirling fue un investigador de