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The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen
In 2012, John Ososky, a specimen preparator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum...
September 2019
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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The Smithsonian Marine Collections
A behind the scenes look at the NMNH ocean-related collections and their importance...
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 10:07
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Lynne Parenti NMNH Fishes Curator
Lynne Parenti, Curator and Research Scientist, Smithsonian National Museum of...
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Corals at the Smithsonian
Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral...
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NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Museum Specialist Yolanda Villacampa
Yolanda Villacampa is a museum specialist in the invertebrate zoology department of...
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A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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Smithsonian Fish Collections
There are about 4 million specimens in the fish collection housed at the National...
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Dr. Clyde Roper
Smithsonian Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper, the world's foremost authority on giant...
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
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...
May 2011