10 Popular Scientific Discoveries From 2021
Read about the year's most attention-grabbing findings by scientists at the National Museum of Natural History
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Top Discoveries at the National Museum of Natural History in 2024
Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most notable findings
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2022 in Review: The Year’s Top Discoveries by Museum Researchers
An Ichthyosaur graveyard, oyster middens and other headline-grabbing findings by scientists at the National Museum of Natural History
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2022 in Review: Smithsonian Staff Sifts Through an Ocean of Fossils
Integrating shimmering ammonites, toothy mosasaurs and a massive haul of specimens into the growing National Fossil Collection
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