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

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How Did Animals Conquer the Deep Sea? Mussels and Clams Point to Two Different Strategies

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The History of the World in Seven Snails

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1.1 Billion Objects and Counting: Inside the Effort to Tally Natural History Specimens Around the Globe

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2022 in Review: Smithsonian Staff Sifts Through an Ocean of Fossils

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A Final Meal for the Ages

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The Story Behind the Seashells By the Seashore

Two small fossil fragments of ancient brittle stars appear green as they rest on Ben Thuy's fingertip.

Scientists Describe Two New Species of Ancient Brittle Star

The National Museum of Natural History’s newest curator in the paleobiology department, Dr. Stewart Edie, opens a drawer with mollusk fossils in the museum’s invertebrate paleobiology collection. (Katie Collins, National History Museum, London)

Say Hello to the Smithsonian’s Newest Mollusk Expert

Cole had been using fossils in the National Museum of Natural History’s Springer collections for her research long before joining the museum as a curator. (Selina Cole, Smithsonian)

Meet the Scientist Using Fossils to Predict Future Extinctions

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