< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9se8NZwwQBGpsiDXwkXPqm4TPoM=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1008x758:1009 x759)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/c9/c9/c9c98318-c5c7-4488-9fc8-1504e7708478/rat.jpg" alt= "" > Magawa the African giant pouched rat cleared more 1.5 million…
< img src= "https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/qFRH3KRLS1xE2vox5K5GDBzRSlI=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (2000x1505:2001 x1506)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/16/b8/16b8ad0e-652d-49d9-b22e-9fb9bcf133bc/mainimage.webp" alt ="" > As the historic lunar flyby ends, space business and nations…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/QrB2HC2mQ5Mka0bq203NFYiTxQ8=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1004x507:1005 x508)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/55/65/55657c8d-765c-48a6-b76d-220983e27fd6/41598_2026_42534_fig2_html.webp" alt=" "> The tiny fish, called shellears, utilize tiny hook-like growths on their…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/2nxknJTTfr1nVp2FRGIunATMwNY=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (720x542:721 x543)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/f1/ed/f1edb8bc-9ecb-4d34-a7d5-fb225005c9a1/shroud_of_turin_4783906352_2.jpg "alt="" > A new analysis exposed traces of various plants, animals and…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/92FMmK0CbwX6nw5xYv0GSSVAI6c=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1059x706:1060 x707)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/d1/3a/d13ab3ad-e2f1-4767-bb50-bd201684cf81/gettyimages-1462215142.jpg" alt=" "> Steeped in history, the seafood joints are progressing to keep up…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/SExaZNjq9pf58r9JOvW3k8_XYmo=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (980x654:981 x655)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/b3/2b/b32b8a85-af6f-4c13-96b5-d2cae428a214/01_lucknow_from_the_gomti_lucknow_india_1826.jpeg "alt="" > A brand-new exhibition shares the artistic tradition of centuries of…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/nFJyawfZy9jHZG-D_ihMTPAD7dg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1920x1280:1921 x1281)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/f6/15/f615f076-43e9-4132-86ae-4dbe63aa2cff/3840px-two-spot_octopus_octopus_bimaculoides.jpg" alt="" > The hectocotylus is both a reproductive organ and a sensory organ,…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/IBxfpJMkd7ouDj3WZmlOuACHRoo=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (640x427:641 x428)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/0e/32/0e325387-0ede-4c61-a19c-5cb312b413a7/11240231654_05e008006a_o.jpg" alt="" > The International Union for Conservation of Nature anticipates that the birds'…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/x-sQp7SenjU4qZxzQMJk3Uc1lcU=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (785x516:786 x517)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/91/d5/91d59498-8aa5-4056-b3c3-60d911fe7aa4/l1001414_copy.jpg" alt ="" > Clara and André Malraux conspired to loot the pink temple…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/B1JWzF1QFouFnXFV4DeZyVgitV0=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (750x500:751 x501)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/15/b8/15b8a6c9-d6b9-48fb-acc6-c70119058ca0/female-hunter.jpg" alt="" > The art work was ruined throughout World War I. But an…