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• Bombarded with ultraviolet light, the blue Hope diamond glows red

  19 August 2009

  

   

• Smithsonian Names Eva Pell as Under Secretary for Science

  13 August 2009

  

   

• Rising acidification of estuary waters spells trouble for Chesapeake Bay oysters

  12 August 2009

  

   

• Fossils of tiny cupuladriid colonies reveal extinction can lag more than one million years after its cause

  5 August 2009

  

   

• Smithsonian Scientist Discovers Two New Bat Species Hiding in Museum Collections for More Than 150 Years

  29 July 2009

  

   

• DNA evidence is rearranging the branches of the avian family tree

  23 July 2009

  

   

• Fossil teeth of 15-million-year-old browsing horse found in Panama Canal excavations.

  22 July 2009

  

   

• Astrophysical Observatory scientists are monitoring the mysterious movements of glaciers

  20 July 2009

  

   

• Baby Boom of Endangered Species at Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center

  15 July 2009

  

   

• Scientists Determine Geese Involved in Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory

  10 July 2009

  

   

• Research collection of pollen grains given to Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  6 July 2009

  

   

• New research reveals our galaxy is much larger than we thought

  6 July 2009

  

   

• Dog bones reveal ecological history of California’s Channel Islands

  6 July 2009

  

   

• Study aims to give endangered Shenandoah salamander better odds at survival

  1 July 2009

  

   

• Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed

  4 June 2009

  

   

• Fossils Show Prehistoric Global Warming

  22 May 2009