Fungi-filled forests are critical if endangered orchids are to thrive
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Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru
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Why did the tortoise cross the road? A recent study indicates few do.
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A hot new island has just surfaced in the Red Sea. What’s going on? Smithsonian scientists explain.
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New Spitzer Space Telescope image shows space nursery
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New Book: “Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide”
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Rising seas, development are altering prehistoric artifacts in the Chesapeake’s tidal zone
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Cold spells spell trouble for warm-weather invasives
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Great Barrier Reef coral Acropora tenuis
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Members of small monkey groups more likely to fight, researchers find
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Two Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a distant Sun-like star
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Frederick Walpole illustrations recovered
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Smithsonian research with DNA barcoding is making seafood substitution easier to catch
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Mistletoe facts from a Smithsonian botanist
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Reptiles may be spreading deadly amphibian disease in the tropics
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Digital technology allows Alexander Graham Bell’s 1880s disc recordings to be played again
