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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Study Finds Forest Giants Suffer Worst During Droughts

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Smithsonian Launches Public Access Plan for Research

August 18, 2015
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Smithsonian and Jamestown Rediscovery Partner To Reveal Identities of Four Lost Leaders of Jamestown

If Trees Could Talk: Forest Research Network Reveals Global Change Effects

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Smithsonian Opens New Sustainable Research Lab

Mathias Lab Constructed To Be Smithsonian’s First LEED Platinum Building

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"State of the Birds" Report Assesses the Health of the Nation’s Birds

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Hoja de datos Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales

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Feathered Dinosaur, Anzu wyliei

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Cerro Ballena: Hoja de datos

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Cerro Ballena Fact Sheet

Climate Change Spurs Tropical Mangroves to Expand in the North

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Can iPads Help Students Learn Science? Yes.

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Zoo Scientists Find Sudden Stream Temperature Changes Boost Hellbender Immune Systems

September 10, 2013
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“Hear My Voice”: Smithsonian Identifies 130-Year-Old Recording as Alexander Graham Bell’s Voice

Partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Library of Congress Gives Voice to Famed Inventor for the First Time

“Jack-and-Master” Plants Better Suited to Climate Change

Higher CO2 Stimulates Growth of Invasive “Super Weed”

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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Scientists Find That Humans Alter Animal Distribution on the Appalachian Trail

Azerbaijani and Pueblo Indian Communities Unite to Study Ancient Petroglyphs

“Written in Rock” Project Tackles Cultural Heritage Protection

Photo Credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo

National Zoo Gorillas are the First to Participate in Heart Disease Study

Study States That Tiger Numbers Could Triple if Large-Scale Landscapes Are Protected

Protecting Core Breeding Sites, Developing Forest Corridors and Providing Benefits to Local Communities Can Ensure Tiger Population Growth

Incredible Shrinking Moon Is Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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First Radio Tracking of Tropical Orchid Bees

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National Zoo Researchers Turn to Genetics to Help Elephants Ward Off Disease

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