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This Fall at the National Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs, Neanderthals and Elmo!

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Meet the Spatula-Nosed Fish Whose Anatomy Has Hardly Changed Since the Cretaceous

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Meet Francisco Werner, the National Museum of Natural History’s New Sant Chair for Marine Science

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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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