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Meet the Museum Scientist Studying Modern Birds and Fossils to Understand How Ancient Avians Took Flight

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Microscopic Fossils Reveal the Culprit of an Ancient Extinction Is Still at Large

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How the National Museum of Natural History Photographed Over 600 Objects to Bring a New Exhibition Representing the Entire United States to Life

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Who Has Opposable Thumbs and a Prehensile Tail? This Tree Rat That Few Have Ever Seen

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An Oyster With Teeth Reveals When Mollusks Covered the Chesapeake Bay

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Meet the Researcher Studying How Ancient Human Migrations Shaped a Hotbed of Avocado Diversity in Central America

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Hailing From Glaciers, Geysers and Volcanoes, These Iconic Rocks Provide a Glimpse Into How America Was Formed and Built

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Discover Seven Stories of America in the National Museum of Natural History’s New Exhibition

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For National Pollinator Week, Learn Why the National Museum of Natural History is Using a State-of-the-Art Conveyor Belt System to Digitize Thousands of Insect Specimens

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Oregon But Not Forgotten: How Sea Otters Once Protected the State's Kelp Forests

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The Buffalo is Life: Inside the Symbiotic Relationship Between Bison and Native Communities

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Here’s How the Smithsonian’s 70-Year-Old Bull Bison Got a Blow-Out

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This May at the National Museum of Natural History, Learn How Scientists Investigate Volcanic Eruptions

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150-Year-Old Frogs Collected by a Founding Smithsonian Naturalist Helped 21st-Century Scientists Track How Pesticides Devastated Amphibian Populations in Illinois

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New Smithsonian Exhibition to Showcase Objects From All 50 States

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Celebrate the Comeback of the American Bison This Spring at the National Museum of Natural History

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Meet the Entomologist and Wildlife Photographer Zooming in on the Weird and Wonderful World of Ants

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‘Snarge,’ Seashells and Much More This April at the National Museum of Natural History

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The Smithsonian Curator Who Loved Frogs

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Meet ‘Junior,’ the Giant Bison Skull That Crossed the Country to Star in New Exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History

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