How Lugging a Liquid Nitrogen Tank into the Amazon Helped Spark Ornithology’s Genetic Revolution
Almost 40 years ago, Smithsonian zoologist Gary Graves collected tissue samples in the jungle that formed the nucleus of the museum’s DNA collection
Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most notable findings
For decades, researchers have explored a region in Panama that serves as a “manakin melting pot”
Unlocking natural history collections is key to monitoring and protecting Earth’s environments using eDNA