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  1. 10 hours ago

    Scientific name: Giraffa camelopardalis Locality: Africa, Kenya, Kedong Collection date: 12 June 1930 Department: Ornithology & Mammalogy (PS: See more highlights from our scientific collections via "The Cabinet," our new-for-2019 : .)

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  2. Jan 28

    When does prey give a 26-lb. octopus a run for its money? Not often—unless it teams up with literally 1000s of allies. Maori octopus (Macroctopus maorum) vs. a field of giant spider crabs in the latest from : .

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  3. Jan 28

    dishwashers use ½ the energy & ⅓ the water that hand-washing does? More simple ways to improve your impact on the environment with "Your Plan, Your Planet"—a new tool from us & ! Try it out: 🌎❤️

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  4. Jan 26

    Secretions that expand x10,000 in less than .5 seconds, defeating predators & Priuses alike—that's the glory of hagfish slime. on 1 of the weirdest fish in the sea, & what a newly discovered fossil suggests about its equally weird evolution: .

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  5. Jan 25

    A big, floofy welcome to Stanlee, newest member of our African penguin colony! Hatched in Nov. (the week comic-book legend passed away), she joined the colony just yesterday after completing behind-the-scenes "fish school"—with aplomb. ❤️🐧❤️

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  6. Jan 24

    Most physicals around here are pretty straightforward, but if you flaunt a substantial stinger on the end of your 7-foot tail, you get a whole team of biologists, a hydraulic lift, &—in the case of our honeycomb ray—an excellent bill of health. 💯

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  7. Jan 23

    Petal tiger, petal beetle, petal owl: The longer you look at Raku Inoue's creations, the more wondrous they become. The latest from his "Natura" series, via : .

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    Jan 21

    has a long history of research in the . The first expedition was in 1905 and since then they have made dozens of trips to help the islands in different ways. Today we are pleased to receive them again!

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  9. Jan 22

    Oh, what a planet. Experience Earth like only an astronaut can thanks to videographer & 's International . Via : .

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  10. Jan 22

    "Tiny fragments of a lost past": on the incredible work Ethiopian priests & communities are doing w/scientists like our own to protect what's left (<5%) of their native forest, most of it tucked around Orthodox Tewahido churches.

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  11. Jan 19

    Magnificent miniature melos (also known as wavy bubble snails), as snapped by user harazaki off the northernmost tip of Japan's magical Yakushima island.

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  12. Jan 17

    Paper kite power! ("Large tree nymph" if you're sassy.) These big, beautiful butterflies—native to Philippine forests & related to our own monarchs—are currently flitting throughout our rainforest, for those whose hearts can handle the splendor. / 📷 Tim Wong

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  13. Jan 16

    One of 's top "Mystical Locales for Rainy Bay Area Days"? We'll take it, you flatterers.

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  14. Jan 15

    Romeo—once thought to be the last Sehuencas water frog—is about to meet his Juliet after scientists discovered 5 more in a remote Bolivian cloud forest. And with too few left in the wild to maintain the population, everyone's cheering for love: . 💕

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  15. Jan 13

    A beautiful slope of hexagonal Vanadinite, collected in Morocco's Er Rachidia Province. More stunners from our scientific-collections on our new , The Cabinet.

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  16. Jan 12

    Trio of fiercely beautiful, newly described beetles named for a trio of legendary fire-breathers. fans, meet Gymnetis drogoni, rhaegali, & viserioni. 🐲🔥

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    Jan 11

    Beautifully preserved fossil turtle shell from South Dakota (Oligocene), Geology Collection – at California Academy of Sciences

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  18. Jan 11

    In 2017, after 32 years of debate, community leaders from Papua New Guinea's Managalas Plateau voted to formally protect their lands instead of leasing them for logging, gold mining, & oil palm plantations. That was the easy part. From : .

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  19. Jan 9

    You'd be smug too if you were newly discovered in an Ecuadorian dwarf forest & came complete with a very interesting, stabby thumb-spine.

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  20. Jan 8

    For those in need of sparkle: A reminder that our luminous "Gems and Minerals Unearthed" exhibit is still glowing in the 3rd-floor gallery: . ✨💎

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