https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/videos/RSS feed for the videosenFri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/what-is-a-solar-eclipse/Have you ever wondered what a solar eclipse is? Join us as we explore the science behind this awe-inspiring celestial event.Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/announcing-the-winners-of-the-21st-annual-smit/After reviewing more than 30,000 photos, the editors of Smithsonian magazine are proud to announce the winning submissions of 2024.Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-best-small-towns-to-celebrate-spring/This spring, take a break and smell the flowers in New Mexico, Kansas, California, and New Jersey.Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/best-small-towns-america-to-celebrate-fall/Travel to Oregon, Minnesota, North Dakota and Rhode Island to see beautiful autumn foliage and much more.Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-french-woman-risked-her-life-to-document/During the Nazi occupation of France, many valuable works of art were stolen from the Jeu de Paume museum and relocated to Germany. One brave French woman kept detailed notes of the theftsMon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-weird-thrills-that-americans-pursued-in-th/In the 1920s, the U.S. was in full thrill-seeking mode. From horse-diving (you have to see it to believe it) to barnstorming. And at the center of many of these activities were a group of daring young women.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-truffle-dog-is-facing-a-really-challengin/Lola, a Lagotto Romagnolo trained to sniff out and dig up black truffles in her native Washington, is ready for a challenge: to find truffles out of season on a hot day where their distinctive odor dissipates really quickly.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-anatolian-guard-dog-protects-both-livesto/Captain is an Anatolian guard dog responsible not only for protecting his master’s herd of goats. He’s also indirectly causing fewer cheetah deaths by deterring them from even considering an attack.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/malcolm-xs-fiery-speech-addressing-police-bru/In 1962, a confrontation with the LAPD outside a mosque resulted in the death of a Nation of Islam member. It was an event seized on by an outraged Malcolm X, who would condemn it in an impassioned speech.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/male-humpback-whales-perform-this-mysterious-s/The male humpback whale song is one of the longest and most complex of any animal: A single call can last up to 30 minutes. Scientists are still unsure what its purpose is.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-great-diving-beetle-is-an-impressive-under/The great diving beetle is a fast underwater swimmer and a voracious hunter. It can stay submerged for periods of up to 30 minutes a time—thanks to a makeshift oxygen tank in its wing case.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/1007194-1-3506296-eps01-juneandwaffles-yt-bug/According to her owner, Hungarian Vizsla, Waffles is happy, bright, and full of energy–which makes her the perfect playmate for best friend, June, an orphan raccoon taken in by the family. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/a-common-marmoset-takes-on-the-role-of-substit/Two baby mongooses at the Daktari orphanage are getting a lot of attention from a common marmoset named Thor. Male marmosets play a role in raising their young–which may explain his affection for the young orphans.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/manta-rays-are-smart-enough-to-give-these-fish/Manta rays have the largest brains of any fish in ocean. Underwater footage has even shown these rays indicating to cleaner fish, such as the sergeant major damselfish, which body parts need attention!Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/a-vervet-monkey-befriends-some-hostile-dogs/A vervet monkey wins over a group of hostile rescue dogs with his exemplary grooming. Soon, old hostilities are forgotten in return for a round-the-clock tick-and-flea removal service.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/a-pair-of-leopard-cubs-take-advantage-of-moms/A pair of leopard cubs chase, pounce and play among the craggy rocks. Their mother is away searching for food, and it’s a great opportunity for them to hone their own hunting skills.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/overcoming-a-historical-mistrust-of-doctors-in/At the outset of the pandemic, Dr. Ala Stanford knew she had to help overcome the historical mistrust that African Americans had for the medical establishment. Her name choice for a COVID action group was selected with that in mind. The Black Doctors COVID Consortium (BDCC) was how many doctors, nurses and students, of many races, heeded the call–risking their lives to help the community. From the Oprah Winfrey documentary The Color of Care.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/how-alan-eustace-performed-the-worlds-highest/In 2014, Alan Eustace accomplished the highest altitude free fall jump ever recorded, from nearly 26 miles above earth. To accomplish this safely, he wore a revolutionary new liquid cooling suit attached to a balloon, to lift him into the stratosphere.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-first-job-bees-have-in-spring-is-grim/As spring begins, the surviving bees in the hive pick up their first task of the new year: dumping the corpses of the bees that died over winter.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-surfing-therapy-dog-helps-people-with-ptsd/Meet Ricochet—a therapy dog with a love of the ocean and surfing. This unique canine uses his gifts to help people with anxiety and insomnia gain a better handle on their symptoms.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-grey-seal-pupping-season-in-scotland-is-sp/The seal pupping season is an annual autumn occurrence on Scotland’s Monarch Islands, featuring the archipelago’s 35,000 grey seal inhabitants.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/footage-of-the-prosperous-greenwood-district-a/As we come up to the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, a recently unearthed clip shows life in the Greenwood district of Tulsa and its neighboring communities, filmed between 1925 and 1928Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/what-it-was-like-to-be-gay-during-wwii/In the early 20th century, the medical establishment became fixated with the idea that gay people could be “cured.” To achieve this, they turned to a litany of brutal practices: from electrotherapy to lobotomies.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/kurt-vonneguts-account-of-us-troops-pushing/Days after D-Day, the depleted Allies look for reinforcements to complete their final push into Germany across two formidable barriers: the dense forest of Ardennes, and a defensive belt of minefields tank traps and bunkers on the German border, known as the ‘Siegfried Line’. Among them was a college student-turned-G.I. by the name of Kurt Vonnegut. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/two-king-cobras-fight-for-a-nearby-queen/Two male king cobras come together in a clash of dominance and aggression. At stake is a chance to mate with a female king cobra who’s waiting nearby to greet the victor.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-most-toxic-frog-has-a-beautiful-singing-vo/A male golden dart frog uses his unique singing ability to attract a mate. It’s hard to believe that such a melodic sound can come from one of the most toxic creatures in the world. But he has to earn the right to sing—by defeating all the rival males in his territory.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-river-otter-is-bracing-for-a-harsh-michig/It takes a special breed of animal to handle the Michigan winter—and the river otter is better prepared than most. But preparation is half the battle, and it starts with a roll in the snow to keep its fur coat insulated. The waters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan freeze over fast in winter–and river otters need to work just as fast to keep holes open in the ice. If they close, the otters lose access to fish.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/these-orphan-orangutans-are-learning-to-build/It’s nest-building class at Orangutan Jungle School, and the youngest students are the ones learning this crucial survival skill. Will they pick it up quickly – or is the challenge too big for these orphans?Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/this-orphan-zebra-and-two-dalmatians-are-close/Dalmatian sisters Bhindi and Indigo have taken an orphan zebra under their wing. Soon City Boy, the zebra, will leave the Zimbabwe animal rehab center and be released into the wild–but will losing his natural fear of canines work against him?Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/an-unexpected-friendship-between-this-grumpy-c/Ponzu, a British shorthaired cat, and Mango, an exotic sun parakeet, have formed an unlikely alliance: Mango grooms Ponzu’s fur and Ponzu curbs his predatory instinct to eat Mango.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/ten-fun-facts-about-jellyfish/Jellyfish, the wobbly wonders of the ocean, often astound with their unique shapes, sizes, and stings. Learn more about these marine marvels as we dive deeper into the underwater world.Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/five-surprising-facts-about-pompeii/This immersive archaeological exploration of Pompeii, a once-thriving Roman city, will transport you back in time – before the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/five-unexpected-facts-about-george-washington/Explore the lesser-known details of the founder’s childhood, home life, and career and gain a deeper understanding of his contributions to the United States.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0000