Hidden underground, in shining fool's gold, signs of life from millions of years ago
That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology professor at Oxford University, who announced this week that he had ...
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Get to Know the Scientist in Charge of Smithsonian’s 1.9 Million Mosquitoes
We caught up with Dr. Yvonne Linton to talk about what it’s like managing the Smithsonian’s almost 2 million mosquito specimens and trying to determine ones are most dangerous to people.
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INDIAN IDOLS FOUND.; Specimens from Costa Rica at Smithsonian Institution.
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How over 600,000 bird specimens are preserved at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has one of the biggest bird collections in the world, housing over 600,000 specimens, from ducks to eagles to peacocks. The collection was ...