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    Jul 24

    . remains temporarily closed. To view the status of the Smithsonian’s other museums and zoo visit .

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  2. 20 hours ago

    ¿Te gustan los dinosaurios? Compartamos un viaje al pasado para conocer sobre “Los Gigantes del Sur” hoy a las 2:00 pm (ET).

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  3. Nov 13

    Paleontologist Laura Soul reads Tylosaurus, a book about an extinct large marine reptile written by Gerry Bailey and illustrated by Karen Carr. After the reading, Laura shares an art activity your kids can do at home.

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  4. Nov 13

    During this previously recorded program, families will explore the question: How do we know what we know about long-extinct animals and their habitats?

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  5. Nov 13

    Go behind the scenes in the museum’s lab in a live webinar, Nov. 17! Fossil preparator Michelle Pinsdorf and paleobiologist will answer audience questions.

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  6. Nov 12

    Explora el pasado, conoce sobre dinosaurios desudamérica, y aprende a dibujar uno este domingo, 15 de noviembre, a las 2:00pm en el seminario webgratuito “Gigantes del Sur”. ¡En Celebración de la Semana de los Fósiles! Entra al enlace para más detalles:

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  7. Nov 12

    Grab paper and a pencil to follow along with them as they guide you through the important features to look for, how to sketch them, how to label them, and how to work out what it all means!

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  8. Nov 12

    Join paleontologists Karma Nanglu—whose drawing is featured here—and Laura Soul to learn one of the most important skills for their field: sketching and making observations of fossils.

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  9. Nov 11

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  10. Nov 11

    The Smithsonian’s biorepository includes bird species from dozens of expeditions all over the world and made the project possible. “These are the basic building blocks,” Graves said. “Without the biorepository, the project is dead in the water.”

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  11. Nov 11

    Today, he's one of the co-authors on a monumental paper published in the journal Nature that describes the complete genetic codes of more than 300 bird species. About 40% of the new genomes came from Smithsonian samples.

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  12. Nov 11

    “The things that you collect now, you simply can’t envision how they can be used in the future,” says Gary Graves, a curator of birds at the Smithsonian. More than 30 years ago, Graves began to collect DNA samples from our feathered friends.

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  13. Nov 11

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  14. Nov 11

    In this activity you'll be able to observe fossil leaves for insect damage. Compare the damage you see on one fossil to damage on another. Then go in your own neighborhood and see if you can find modern evidence of these ancient interactions.

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  15. Nov 11

    fossil leaves with insect damage show us ancient interactions between plants and insects?

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  16. Nov 10

    Wed. 11/11, the Smithsonian opens the new National Native American Veterans Memorial. See a short, virtual program honoring the service and sacrifice of Native veterans and their families online at .

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    Nov 10

    “Sex in animals can be weird, but this is really weird. It’s like a soap opera.” — ’s Jonathan Coddington on the wild world of spider reproduction

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    Nov 10

    How did the Hope Diamond come to our ? In the mail. A Harry Winston employee paid $145.29 to send the gem ($2.44 for postage and the rest for insurance), which was officially donated on Nov. 10, 1958. Our has the mailing wrapper.

    Brown paper package with many shipping labels on it.
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  19. Nov 10

    in 1958, Harry Winston donated the to . Learn more about this diamond's fascinating past and how scientists work with gems and minerals—big and small—to discover more about the natural world around us.

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  20. Nov 10

    Through online artist demonstrations and conversations with museum scientists, students will use fossil evidence to create their own science-based mural of a North American ecosystem just before the extinction of the dinosaurs! The program is designed for students in grades 3 - 8

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  21. Nov 10

    In this previously recorded, five-part natural history exploration, we invite students to join museum experts to learn how to use fossils to understand and show what life on our planet looked like in the past, also known as "reconstructing," the past.

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