Results for "Iguana"
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Secretary and Outdoorsman: Alexander Wetmore
- Date: June 21, 2018
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12035,size=350,center]June is National Camping Month, and to celebrate we are recognizing one of the Smithsonian’s original outdoorsmen: Alexander Wetmore. The Smithsonian’s sixth Secretary thrived outside. Annually for 20 years Wetmore would make the trip south to Panama, to the same spot, Isla Iguana. There he would conduct his observations, record
Sneak Peek 12/8/2014
- Date: December 8, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Iguanas hatching at the Iguana Management Project (IMP), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama, Image Number: 89-7153.
Sneak Peek 3/24/2014
- Date: March 24, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Iguana hatchling at Summit Gardens (El Parque Municipal Summit), Gamboa, Panama.
Everything But Anteaters
- Date: June 3, 2014
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The National Zoo Park Restaurant’s Anteaters Association attracted off-season diners with its exotic game lunches.
Link Love: 07/03/2020
- Date: July 3, 2020
- 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.
- Blog Post
What Smithsonian Animals Think of National Hug Day
- Date: January 21, 2014
- Description: Today is National Hug day! If you are feeling a little hug deprived don’t worry, we have scoured our collections to find you the best image of animals embracing the day.
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/8/2011
- Date: July 8, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="418" caption="A woman and Carlos' sister, who is leaning against a table, are at the open air summer camp above the house on the Isla Iguana, The image was taken by sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore while on an ornithological expedition to Panama, Date unknown, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
- Blog Post
Documenting a Life of One’s Own
- Date: March 24, 2022
- Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.
The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 3
- Date: August 9, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.