New Smithsonian Exhibition to Showcase Objects From All 50 States
National Museum of Natural History invites visitors to celebrate and reflect on national connections represented in the museum’s 148 million specimens and objects
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Discover Seven Stories of America in the National Museum of Natural History’s New Exhibition
From a bird prepared by a president to a monumental cave carved by water over millions of years, “From These Lands” reveals how America’s history is etched in nature itself
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Oregon But Not Forgotten: How Sea Otters Once Protected the State's Kelp Forests
For Sea Otter Day, learn how a suite of specimens featured in the museum’s upcoming “From These Lands” exhibition illustrate the intertwined nature of sea otters and giant kelp in the Pacific Northwest
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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
In celebration of the upcoming Save the Frogs Day, learn how scientists used historic cricket frogs to connect hormone-altering industrial chemicals to amphibian declines in the Midwest
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