Home / Posts tagged 'National Museum of Natural History' (Page 14)

• A plate from the book “Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera”

  13 December 2012

  

   

• Magnificent Dom Pedro aquamarine to go on view in the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum

  3 December 2012

  

   

• Insect mimic of ginko-like leaf discovered 165 million years after its extinction

  29 November 2012

  

   

• Western Mottled Owl

  28 November 2012

  

   

• Vampire squid

  31 October 2012

  

   

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

  29 October 2012

  

   

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

  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

  

   

• World of Copepods

  18 September 2012

  

   

• Fossil pollen used to augment climate record of Egypt’s Nile Delta

  16 August 2012

  

   

• Female spiders produce mating plugs to prevent unwanted sex from males

  2 August 2012

  

   

• Weight of genitals reduces physical endurance in male orb web spiders, researchers find

  16 July 2012

  

   

• Coral reef emergency: 2,600 scientists call for worldwide rescue

  10 July 2012

  

   

• Walrus whale 3-D skull scan

  9 July 2012

  

   

• Speaking of skinks: short limbed, long tailed & prehistoric

  20 June 2012