Results for "Corals"
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Valerie Paul
- Date: May 31, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Valerie Paul, head scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station and director of the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems, researches marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, and marine natural products. #Groundbreaker
Sneak Peek 12/24/2018
- Date: December 24, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Christmas tree worms [Spirobranchus giganteus] at the Carrie Bow Cay Field Station, Belize, Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Program, 93-9283.
Miscellaneous Adventures: Unpublished Larval Notes and Sketches
- Date: September 1, 2015
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures looks into unpublished larval notes and sketches.
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A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
Link Love: 6/30/2017
- Date: June 30, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: An intimate look at the painting conservation studio at the National Gallery of Art. [via NPR]A newly discovered species of wasp was named in honor of David Bowie. [via Mashable]The Smithsonian is just one of the organizations banning drinking straws due to the environmental harm they cause. [via Washington Post]Can real coral reefs be saved by artificial ones? [via Fusion
Link Love: 2/2/2018
- Date: February 2, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Gorgeous rights-free illustrations of caterpillars from a German entomological by Christian Friedrich Vogel volume in the Biodiversity Heritage Library. [via Public Domain Review]A look at the first multispecies experimental coral microcosm in the world installed at our National Museum of Natural History in 1980. [via Ocean Portal]You can explore over 30,000 NY Historic
Sneak Peek 1/18/2016
- Date: January 18, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Fire coral, Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Program: Carrie Bow Cay Field Station, Belize, 93-1331.
Sneak Peek 8/1/2012
- Date: August 1, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Brain coral, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marsha E. Sitnik
- Date: June 1, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Sneak Peek: 2/15/2012
- Date: February 15, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Secretary blenny in coral hole surrounded by strawberry anemones.
Link Love: 11/01/2019
- Date: November 1, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Sneak Peek 3/6/2013
- Date: March 6, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Green Algae Sea Pearl [Ventricania ventricosa] at the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) research station.