Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

Personal Perspectives

Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

I have been at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History since...

Personal Perspectives

What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

When he was 10 years old, Stephen Cairns lived in Cuba where he kept a collection...

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Seafood for Thought

Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...

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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

We all know to avoid touching or eating oil (the fossil fuel variety that is)....

Personal Perspectives

Exploring the Blue Planet with J. Murray Roberts

Imagine you’re an alien seeing Planet Earth for the first time. What do you see...