Get to Know the Scientist Studying How Parasitic Flies Stomach Bat Blood
Microbiologist Kelly Speer uses museum specimens to study blood-feeding insects and their mammalian hosts
When the Moon Obscures the Sun, How Does Life on Earth Respond?
From fish to flamingos, here’s what scientists know — and what they hope to find out — about how plants and animals react to a total solar eclipse
Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Untangling the Branches of Hawaii’s Evolutionary Tree
From fragile ferns to towering trees, NMNH botanist Warren Wagner has spent over 30 years researching plants from the dense forests of the Pacific Islands.
To Understand How Animals See in the Abyss, Scientists Peer Through the Eyes of an Alien Amphipod
The team utilized computer models to understand how a four-eyed crustacean sees in the deep ocean’s twilight zone
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