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• Helicopter cockroach moms have protected their young for millions of years

  11 May 2018

  

   

• What is it like to discover a new dinosaur?

  4 October 2017

  

   

• Indestructible jaws from ancient, extinct porcupine fish reveal new species

  17 August 2017

  

   

• Resin from shipwreck hints at trade routes and botany of ancient Asia

  15 May 2017

  

   

• Paleo-detectives energize great whale mystery: how & when baleen evolved

  7 April 2017

  

   

• Smithsonian To Convene Earth Optimism Summit April 21–23

  10 March 2017

  

   

• Beetle and pollen trapped in 105 million-year-old amber reveal fourth major pollination mode in mid-Mesozoic

  2 March 2017

  

   

• 3D study of teeth in modern mammals opens window to extinct animal diets

  21 November 2016

  

   

• Secret Adventures: “Claws and Effect”

  3 November 2016

  

   

• What the Ancient CO2 Record May Mean for Future Climate Change

  25 October 2016

  

   

• Time Travel With Smithsonian Paleontologist: Nick Pyenson

  21 October 2016

  

   

• New horse-sized tyrannosaur with big brain reveals how “T. rex” became top predator

  14 March 2016

  

   

• First Look: The Smithsonian builds a dinosaur

  4 March 2016

  

   

• Remarkable butterfly look-alike lived 50 million years before butterflies appeared

  3 February 2016

  

   

• New Montana ant species emerge from 46-million-year-old rock

  8 January 2016

  

   

• Research shows same growth rate for farming, non-farming societies

  22 December 2015