Results for "Insects"
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I Found My Dad at the Smithsonian
- Date: December 2, 2010
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
- Date: September 1, 2020
- Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.
World Watercolor Month at the Smithsonian
- Date: July 22, 2021
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: We’re taking a look at the various watercolors the Smithsonian Institution has collected both past and present, highlighting the diversity in artists, technique, unique painting effect, and versatility to create anything from insects to cityscapes.
The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III
- Date: February 7, 2013
- Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.
Bug Hunting
- Date: September 16, 2014
- Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Annette Aiello
- Date: May 27, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Biologist Dr. Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, manages the Institute's insect collections and researches the strategies insects use to thrive in tropical environments. #Groundbreaker
Some Creepy Crawly Recipes in Time for Halloween
- Date: October 30, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Just in time for Halloween, more insect recipes found in the Archives.
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What’s Bugging Us
- Date: May 27, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Brood X cicadas are here, which inspired us to see what buggy treats we have in the archives.
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See Here: 4/2/2010
- Date: April 2, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="Entomological workers of the Division of Insects, United States National Museum (USNM), 1925, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9555 Box 1, John Frederick Gates Clarke Oral History Interview, Negative Number: 84-3567."][/caption]
Join us on Facebook Live: Dyar's Law Revisited at the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: July 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Join us on Facebook Live tomorrow at 12 p.m., as we visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Department of Entomology to learn how archival collections are being used in modern research.
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See Here: 3/11/2011
- Date: March 11, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="291" caption="A storage area, used by the Division of Insects at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, has cabinets and shelves of books, c. 1915, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9555, Box 1, John Frederick Gates Clarke
Who Was Ruth MacCoy Blackwelder?
- Date: March 5, 2015
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Mystery who Ruth MacCoy Blackwelder may be solved once her journals go up on the Smithsonian Transcription Center.