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The Cave

This area of Chatham albatross nesting platforms is called “The Cave.” The nests, which are composed entirely of guano and the bodies of dead chicks, may be hundreds of years …

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Recovering the Hunley

New technologies helped marine archaeologists recover the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War submarine

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Mountain Gorillas Threatened

Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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In Their Midst

Paul Raffaele explores gorilla tourism, raising gorillas in captivity and the future of the Congo mountain gorillas

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South African Great Whites

Learn about this often misunderstood creature

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Clockwise Attack

A snake attacks a snail with a clockwise-spiraling shell

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One Smart Crow

A crow named Icarus uses a short tool to extract a long tool, which he then uses to fish out a piece of meat.

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Down Under in Georgia

Take a virtual tour of the Kangaroo Conservation Center in Dawsonville, Georgia

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Vulture Chick

Captive Asian vultures tend to a newborn chick

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Smithsonian’s Own Crime Scene Investigator

Forensic anthropologist Doug Owsley discusses the skeletal specimens in a new exhibit at the Natural History Museum (Meredith Bragg). Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-the-scientist-who-reads-bones-40315000/

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Dinosaur Tracking

Watch a video illustration of what scientists can learn from footprints

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A Tomato Trail

From soil to soup (Smithsonian.com). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/passion-for-tomatoes.html

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Gene Therapy Experts Look Ahead in Treating Blindness

Two of the preeminent researchers of gene therapy hope to improve their patients’ sight in an experimental operation (Stephen Voss/WPN)

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Greenland Video: The Daily Life in Niaqornat

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/In-Search-of-the-Mysterious-Narwhal.html Staff writer Abigail Tucker relates her experiences reporting from the small Arctic village of narwhal hunters.

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Finding Evolution at the Natural History Museum

Discover evidence of natural selection and evolution at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum (Meredith Bragg)

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