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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation

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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

As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.

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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

This slideshow features illustrations of some of the plants and animals that...

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:31