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Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell gestures with her hands while sitting at a table talking to two students.

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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
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A large poster coming out of a printer being grabbed by two hands
Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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Filmmaker David Clark, oceanographers Brice Loose and Donglai Gong, undergraduate student Korenna Estes and NMNH Meaghan Cuddy

Natural History on the Big Screen: Frozen Obsession

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Presentation slide with map of the world with illustrations of ancient large animals on it.

Webinar: Did Humans Cause Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions?

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Illustration of animals near the ocean floor 510 million years ago. A large squid-like creature hovers over smaller organisms.

Early Life on Earth – Animal Origins

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Black and white sketch of a landscape in rough shapes, with palm trees, ferns, a turtle, T rex, and salamander draw in more detail.

Paleo Art – Edge of Extinction: Make Your Own Dinosaur Ecosystem Mural

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Cartoon-style game board for Evolve or Perish.

Evolve or Perish Board Game

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Video screenshot showing three images: A man putting together a small dinosaur skeleton on a table; a woman speaking sign language; and another woman in front of a full bookcase.

Webinar – Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes

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Powerpoint slide with text, Many seabirds migrate! Plus images of a brown pelican, Audubon's shearwater, Laysan albatross, Arctic tern, Arctic skua, and a black-capped petrel.

Webinar: Flying High – The Journey of Migratory Seabirds

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Illustration using graphics and photos to show a coral reef scene, with orange, green, blue, and white corals, as well as fish, all on a blue background

Constructing a Coral Reef

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A large gray fish and smaller yellow fish swimming between corals in a coral reef

Webinar: Tracking Coral Health in the Caribbean Sea

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