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From Gutter Cats to Great Cats

The Journey of Craig Saffoe, Curator of Great Cats at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

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Conserving Modern and Contemporary American Art

Research and conservation of paintings at the Lunder Conservation Center in Washington, DC.

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Activating the Learning Potential of Digitized Museum Objects with the Smithsonian Learning Lab

How can digital tools help educators to foster meaningful learning experiences with museum objects? How can museum- and school-based practices inform each other? What role can technology play in this process?

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Of Cables and Serpents

Why the transatlantic telegraph cable conjured dreams of sea monsters.

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Life in the (Urban) Jungle

As more species face urbanization worldwide, understanding the impacts of urbanization on species is vital to properly assess how our behaviors as humans are influencing and altering ecosystems and species.

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MoMA’s first International Exhibition Three Centuries of American Art (1938)

With over 750 artworks on view in Paris ranging from seventeenth-century colonial portraits to Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie (1928) and spanning architecture, film, folk art, painting, prints, and sculpture, Three Centuries was the most comprehensive display of American art to date in Europe and a vital contributor to the internationalization of American art.

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How Do You Like Your Eggs?

Burrowing crayfish are key resources in many ecosystems across the planet, and yet their secretive lifestyles mean we know very little about them.

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Life in the Field from the Mountains to the Bay

To the uninitiated, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute sounds like a weird rumor. I first learned of it as a teen, trekking the Appalachian Trail with the Boy Scouts. Stumbling down the trail, we came to a chain link fence with U.S. PROPERTY signs tacked up along its length.

Using Drones to Monitor Tropical Forests in 3 Dimensions

Will forests grow faster, or more efficiently, as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases? Will trees face higher mortality rates as storms and droughts become more common?

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Bouncing Back in a Warming World

We have not given corals enough credit for their resilience and ability to bounce back. Panama's Tropical Eastern Pacific provides a glimpse into the diverse strategies corals are implementing to survive in an increasingly warmer, high CO2 world.

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