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Research and Collections
How to DISCO at Home
Creativity powers the DISCO team, no matter where the lab is. 
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Japanese Friendship Doll from NHM collection
Research and Collections
Silent Envoys
The Japanese Friendship Doll Exchange
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Marine Minerals Video sunset over ocean
Research and Collections
There's Climate History at the Bottom of the Ocean
Looking at ocean sediments reveals how Earth has changed over time.
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Turtle fossil prep
Research and Collections
A Fossilized Turtle Revealed
Uncover the methods behind preparing fossils with Vertebrate Paleontology Department preparator Alan Zdinak.
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Preparator James Preston working on fossils from home.
Research and Collections
A Different Kind of Prepping
For Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator James Preston, science doesn’t stop.
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Still image of CAT scan of a mummified cat
Research and Collections
Feline Forensics
Watch this CAT scan solve a museum mystery.
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A color wheel of bird skins from the collection.
Research and Collections
The How and Why of Colorful Feathers
Equal parts ornithologist and evolutionary biologist, Assistant Ornithology Curator Dr. Allison Shultz has been investigating two questions throughout her research career: how are birds colorful, and why are birds colorful.
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