Results for "Zoology"
Coming Soon to the Transcription Center: Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Date: November 15, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: See what’s in store for the Transcription Center from the invertebrate zoology collections!
Between Science and Empire: Oldfield Thomas and Anglo-American Zoology
- Date: January 19, 2016
- Description: How the British empire’s reach and influence impacted late 19th century taxonomy and biological study.
- Blog Post
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website
- Date: January 18, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:
Sneak Peek 10/22/2018
- Date: October 22, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Dr. Richard L. Zusi, associate curator in the Division of Birds, Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Natural History, examines bird skulls, August 31, 1964, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-154.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 11/26/2010
- Date: November 26, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Fishes and Frogs and Birds, OH MY!
- Date: May 26, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Cruriraja cadenati, 6 Oct 1959, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, USNM 196443. "][/caption] The Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, just launched nearly 2 million records on the Smithsonian Collections Search Center related to their vertebrate
Fatherhood in the field: Horton Hobbs aka “Crawdaddy”
- Date: June 19, 2016
- Description: Horton H. Hobbs Jr. and his work in the field with his son, Horton H. Hobbs III.
Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century
- Date: October 24, 2019
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Learn more about some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
- Blog Post
Adventures of an Ecologist
- Date: January 7, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: A Flickr Set from the field work of Helmut Buechner.
Sneak Peek 4/10/2013
- Date: April 10, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cat paw in fluid storage in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at NMNH.
Happy Holidays (and a free card) from the Archives
- Date: December 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Happy Holidays 2011 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Smithsonian's Field Book Project, with a free printable card featuring penguins from our collections.
Finding Lucile Mann: Tropical Fish and Zoological History
- Date: March 11, 2021
- Description: While Lucile Mann’s contributions to zoological history have often been reduced to her work raising infant animals, her work with the National Zoo and resulting publications demonstrate that her legacy should be reexamined.