Black corals provide critical habitat for many creatures that live in the dark, often barren, deep sea, and researchers are learning more about these rare corals with every dive.
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New research shows just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998. Its future survival depends on how much higher we allow global temperatures to rise.
A new environmental record for a prehistoric site in Kenya helped researchers figure out how external conditions influenced which of our ancient ancestors lived there, with what way of life.
Healthy seagrasses form underwater meadows teeming with fish and shellfish. A successful large-scale restoration project in Virginia could become a model for reseeding damaged seagrass beds worldwide.
There are fundamental knowledge gaps around coral in the Great Barrier Reef, including how many species live there and where they’re found. Our new study finally starts to fill those gaps.
The footprints of over 20 different prehistoric people, pressed into volcanic ash thousands of years ago in Tanzania, show possible evidence for sexual division of labor in this ancient community.
Bagaimana paus, yang hanya memakan makhluk kecil, mampu berevolusi menjadi makhluk terbesar di dunia? Dan mengapa mereka tidak bertambah besar?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger?
Two scholars report on how conservation policies designed to protect reindeer are harming the nomadic Tsaatan people who rely on them.
A 19th-century volume contained a mystery for two historians who combined their knowledge to tell the story of the women and their contributions to American democracy.
Thalidomide was developed in an era of widespread enthusiasm – but little critical attention – for pharmaceutical therapies.
The rise of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has ushered in an era of intense drilling that has been called the great shale gas rush. Fracking allows oil and natural gas to be extracted from horizontal…
The Great Barrier Reef is worth billions to Australia’s economy and is one of the world’s most significant natural features. We have a responsibility to protect it, and our other reefs, from the warming…
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Researcher, Smithsonian Institution
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Director, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian Institution
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Assistant Curator for History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
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Research Scientist and Museum Educator, Smithsonian Institution
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Smithsonian Institution
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution
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Post-doctoral Fellow in Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution
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Research Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Senior Manager at Smithsonian Conservation Commons, Smithsonian Institution
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Historian, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Wildlife Biologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution
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Marine Biologist, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution
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Research Geologist and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
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Director of the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution
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Research Biologist, Smithsonian Institution
