New Book: “Recreating First Contact: Expeditions, Anthropology, and Popular Culture”
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Scientists shine light on world’s least-studied bat: Mortlock Islands flying fox
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Blood molecules preserved for millions of years in abdomen of fossil mosquito
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Funeral flowers in the Stone Age: Q&A with Smithsonian anthropologist Reuven Yeshurun
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Pieces of rare meteorite land at five different academic institutions
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Last seen 140 years ago, deep sea worm resurfaces, delighting scientists
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Smithsonian scientists discover new carnivore: the olinguito
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Caught on camera: Despite hard shells pollen sticks to South African beetles
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Algae bloom toxins may make Florida’s manatees and sea turtles susceptible to deadly accidents
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T. rex to rule Dinosaur Hall in Washington, D.C.
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Emmett Duffy named director of Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network
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100 Years of Whales @ Smithsonian!
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Discovery: Turtle shells appeared 40 million years earlier than previously believed
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Exhibition: “Whales: From Bone to Book”
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Scientists find impact of open-ocean industrial fishing within centuries of bird bones
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VIDEO: 3-D scanning at the Smithsonian
