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From the Smithsonian Museums

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

Collected by the iconic American writer John Steinbeck, the octopus has received a number of scientific monikers

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

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Check Out These Wondrous Objects on Display Before They Return to the Museum’s Collection

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How the Structure of a Mammoth Meteorite Reveals the Rough and Tumble Nature of the Asteroid Belt

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The ‘Ultimate Honor’: Why a Colorful Mineral Honors the Smithsonian‘s Namesake

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Shrew Are You? Scientist Discovers Two New Species of Shrews in Museum’s Collection

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Just Our Type: Museum's Dinosaur Skeleton Becomes the Scientific Standard for Its Species

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Late Smithsonian Botanist's Legacy Continues to Blossom

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How A 190-Year-Old Shorebird Preserves Darwin’s Legacy

A black plate of whale baleen is lit up against a dark background with brown hair-like material coming from the bottom of the specimen.

How a Whale Skull at the Smithsonian Became a Beacon for Marine Mammal Conservation

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What a Drawerful of Dung Reveals About the Lives of Ground Sloths

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I Spy… A Giant Squid Eye

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