Our next stop for #MuseumAndGalleriesMonth is the #NationalMuseumOfNaturalHistory in Manila.

From the massive whale skeleton to its magnificent atrium, every corner reminds us how rich and fragile our world is.

Lolong the world record-holding crocodile steals the show.

Welcome to the first instalment of #gomphtober2025 where we spotlight gomohotheres and their relatives. Kicking things off is Stegomastodon Arizona from the pliocene of Arizona.

#fossilfriday #smithsonian #nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory #elephant #fossil #prehistoricarizona #paleontology

#fossilfriday a skull of the primitive carnivore Triisodon. Used to be on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, don't know if it still is.

#smithsonian #nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory #washingtondc #prehistoricnewmexico

A large mostly black butterfly, a Morpho Helenor Butterfly stands, wings folded, in the foreground. Its wings are decorated with white circles in circles in the center, then scalloped white stripes at the edges. Behind the butterfly are green plants.

A Morpho Helenor Butterfly at the #NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory

August 2017

#MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #insect #butterfly #photography #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited

Great opening today of the Art x Climate exhibit - section of the #NCA5, at #nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory, #Smithsonian, #SciArt, #earthday. So happy to have a painting included.

#fossilfriday next up for #gomphtober2024 is the skeleton of Stegomastodon arizonae. Used to be on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

#gomphtober #nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory #smithsonian #fossil #elephant #prehistoricarizona