Description: The National Zoological Park was founded in 1889 to preserve, teach, and conduct research about the animal world. The zoo opened in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC in 1891, on a site designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and has been home to giant pandas, Asian elephants, and Smokey the Bear. History of the National Zoological ParkAdditional Historic Images of
Description: Dr. Melissa K. McCormick, Plant Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, studies the interaction between plants and soil microbes. She uses genomics to understand endangered orchids. #Groundbreaker
Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.
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