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• Vampire squid

  31 October 2012

  

   

• Vampire Squid Illustration

  31 October 2012

  

   

• Female “spidernaut” settles into new home at Smithsonian’s Insect Zoo

  29 October 2012

  

   

• Split-personality elliptical galaxy holds a hidden spiral

  25 October 2012

  

   

• Smithsonian launches Global Marine Biodiversity Project with $10 million donation

  25 October 2012

  

   

• Climate change may alter amphibian evolution

  24 October 2012

  

   

• First of seven mirrors completed for Giant Magellan Telescope

  24 October 2012

  

   

• Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and George Mason University dedicate new academic facilities in Front Royal, Va.

  19 October 2012

  

   

• New Book: “Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide”

  18 October 2012

  

   

• Sirius FM-4 broadcasting satellite donated to the Smithsonian

  18 October 2012

  

   

• Rare whale beached in Hawaii infected with deadly marine-mammal virus

  15 October 2012

  

   

• As they grow some squid change dramatically, making scientists cautious about naming new species

  11 October 2012

  

   

• Today’s domestic turkeys are genetically distinct from wild ancestors

  9 October 2012

  

   

• Smithsonian marine biologist Nancy Knowlton discusses Great Barrier Reef coral dieoff on PBS NewsHour

  4 October 2012