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Family of black tailed prairie dogs

Denver’s Street-Smart Prairie Dogs

Researchers explore why members of one species are thriving in urban areas while rural populations dwindle
October 02, 2009 | By Morgan E. Heim

Plant sample from Plummers Island

Cracking the DNA Code

On a small island near Washington, D.C., Smithsonian researchers have found a genetic code that could revolutionize botany
August 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Cahaba River

The Cahaba: A River of Riches

An unsung Alabama waterway is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation, home to rare flora and fauna
August 2009 | By Michelle Nijhuis

Culture of being rude

The Culture of Being Rude

A new biological theory states that cultural behavior is not just a regional quirk, but a defense against the spread of disease
August 03, 2009 | By Rob Dunn

Dr Carlo Croce in his lab

High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene

Scientists believe that microRNA may lead to breakthroughs in diagnosing and treating cancer
July 2009 | By Sylvia Pagán Westphal

Nairobi Kenya

Day 1: Seeing Kenya from the Sky

Despite many travel delays, Smithsonian Secretary Clough arrives in Kenya ready to study the African wildlife at the Mpala Ranch
June 16, 2009 | By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Magellanic penguin braying

Penguin Dispatch 1: Arriving in Punta Tombo, Argentina

The winter residents of Punta Tombo fly in steadily over the course of a few days, eventually swarming the small land mass
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Dee Boersma sweeping the desert

Penguin Dispatch 2: The Scientists of Punta Tombo

For over 25 years, researcher Dee Boersma has been coming with students in tow to Punta Tombo to study the penguins
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Eric Wagner and penguin 35472

Penguin Dispatch 3: Penguin Wrangling

Handling and tagging a penguin can be no easy task, leaving oneself open to a vicious and potentially dangerous beak attack
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Female Magellanic penguin incubating an egg

Penguin Dispatch 4: How to Study a Penguin Egg

Females guard their eggs closely, so scientists must tread carefully when temporarily extracting the eggs for research
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Young Magellanic penguin chick on a data book

Penguin Dispatch 5: Picking the Cutest Newborn Chick

By late-November, many eggs are hatching and cute, tennis-ball sized grey chicks emerge, begging for food from their parents
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Magellanic penguin colony near the end of breeding

Penguin Dispatch 6: The First Trip into the Ocean

Only two months into their lives, the chicks, with their now stronger flippers, take their first dive from the water’s edge
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

Magellanic penguin under a truck

Penguin Dispatch 7: Turbo, the Penguin Who Loved Humans

One Magellanic penguin rejected his own species and instead of fearing the scientists, he befriended and lived with them
June 04, 2009 | By Eric Wagner

John Allman and Atiya Hakeem examing elephant brain specimens

Brain Cells for Socializing

Does an obscure nerve cell help explain what gorillas, elephants, whales—and people—have in common?
June 2009 | By Ingfei Chen

Alpinia boninsimensis by Jonathan Singer

Flowers Writ Large

With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
May 21, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Narwhal in the Arctic Ocean

In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal

Ballerina turned biologist Kristin Laidre gives her all to study the elusive, deep-diving, ice-loving whale known as the "unicorn of the sea"
May 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian

Feeding the Animals at the National Zoo

After hiring the first animal nutritionist 30 years ago, the National Zoo prepares specific, well-balanced meals for each animal
April 08, 2009 | By Joseph Caputo

Jaguar cubs

Evolution in Black and White

The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve
February 10, 2009 | By Sean B. Carroll

A Boeing 707 disturbs a colony of sooty terns during takeoff

The Perils of Bird-Plane Collisions

When airlines want to investigate dangerous bird strikes against planes, they turn to the head of the Smithsonian’s Feather Identification Lab
January 16, 2009 | By Sarah Zielinski

Alisha Bacoccini is undergoing experimental gene therapy

Gene Therapy in a New Light

A husband-and-wife team's experimental genetic treatment for blindness is renewing hopes for a controversial field of medicine
January 2009 | By Jocelyn Kaiser


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