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Ocean Planet, premiered at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from April 1995 to April 1996, where it attracted nearly two million visitors. This electronic online companion exhibition contains all of the text and most of th Full Review »
African Voices is a permanent exhibition that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. Full Review »
Do you have a question about the national parks, the National Park Service or American history? Ask one of our historians listed below. Just click on the name of the person you want to contact and send your question by e-mail. To help you direct your ques Full Review »
The American Museum of Natural History sponsored an expedition to the Belgian Congo with Herbert Lang leading the expedition and James P. Chapin as his assistant. Between 1909-1915, Lang and Chapin collected nearly 23000 vertebrate specimens and over 100, Full Review »
Lontra canadensis This stocky, muscular member of the weasel family is distributed throughout most of North America. They prefer life on the shores of deep, clear rivers, lakes, large marshes, and ocean bays. They attain a maximum length of about Full Review »
Branching patterns, or tree-like forms, are everywhere in nature: river basins, organ vessels, trees, fungi, algae, hydroids, and corals, just to mention some. Most organisms on earth contain branching networks. It is remarkable that algae and sea fans or Full Review »
Lemur catta Fossil forms of lemurs have been found in Europe, America, and Asia, and this primitive little primate has changed little in 50,000,000 years. It is believed to be very similar to man's early ancestors. True lemurs are found in Full Review »
The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world. Although famous, very little is known about its life history. Until I began my research, no field studies had been carried out on the species. Due to the skin trade and habitat degradation its numbers Full Review »
Sistrurus catenatus This is the smallest of the three kinds of rattlesnakes which constitute Canada's only poisonous snakes. It rarely exceeds 75 cm in length. A pair of enlarged teeth at the front of its mouth are hollow and resemble short, curved Full Review »
lthough it occurs in Africa, this python is often seen in the pet trade in other countries. It is known in North America as the ball python because it will roll into a ball with its head tucked in the middle as a defence mechanism when it feels threatened Full Review »
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