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Meet the Scientist Studying 'Fossil Snapshots' of Ancient Insect Life

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions frozen in time

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National Museum of Natural History Scientists Discover That Ancient Insects Perfected Their Plant Palates 165 Million Years Ago

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This Invasive Species Awareness Week, Learn How Museum Researchers Track the Rogue Wildlife Infiltrating American Ecosystems

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Meet Sylvia Earle, the Trailblazing Marine Biologist Who Has Spent Her Career Giving Algae Their Long-Deserved Due

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This February, Meet the Women Transforming Science at the National Museum of Natural History

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Top Discoveries at the National Museum of Natural History in 2024

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Newly Described Fossil From Wyoming Sheds Light on When Frogs and Toads Lost Their Teeth

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To Bridge Heritage and Science, the Smithsonian’s Inclusive Education Programs Empower Learners Through Culture and Community

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After 50 Years, Scientists Still Love Lucy

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To Understand How Species Evolve, Scientists Flock to Where Charismatic Birds Intermingle

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Scientists at the National Museum of Natural History Discover Two Squirrel Species Long Obscured by Mistaken Identities

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The Murder Mystery Linking a Bird Specimen at the National Museum of Natural History to the Mysterious Death of an Arctic Explorer

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Meet the Scientist Decoding Human History in South America Through Giant Ground Sloth Fossils

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The Name Game: A 'Celebrity' Cephalopod Specimen Correctly Identified More Than 80 Years After Discovery

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Our Planet On the Big Screen: New Museum Exhibition Explores Ever-Changing Earth from Space and on the Ground

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Fearsome Flies: Meet the Scientist Studying the Top Predators in the Insect World

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Pawpaw-Palooza: The Inside Scoop on North America’s Taste of the Tropics

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Fetching Fossils and Unwrapping Mannequins: Here’s What Happens When a Museum Exhibition Closes

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Across the Smithsonian, Researchers are Working Together to Save Virginia’s Birds

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Searching for Earth's Oldest Rocks: Follow a Smithsonian Expedition to the Remote Northwest Territories

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Meet the Scientist Studying 'Fossil Snapshots' of Ancient Insect Life

National Museum of Natural History Scientists Discover That Ancient Insects Perfected Their Plant Palates 165 Million Years Ago

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