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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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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Meteorite on table

Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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Painting of a swamp that has green colored ferns and plants. Foreground tree barks are brown, those in the distance are bare.

Global Climate Change in Perspective

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Digitizing Nature – Field Books to Fossils

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Carla Dove seated at a table with several specimens of dead birds and bird feathers.

Forensic Ornithology – Bird Detective

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Maggy Benson and Meet Dr. David Hunt are at a table with several boxes, each with some pieces of bone.

Mummy Science – Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains

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Butterfly Pavilion Manager Eric Wenzel, Maggy Benson and Microscopy Educator Juan Pablo Hurtado Padilla read to discuss butterfly colors and mimicry.

Butterfly Adaptations – How They Come By Their Colors

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Sabrina Sholts are seated at a table with a black jar, several bones, a small human skeleton, and various tools.

How Bones Reveal Environmental Health

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Sahas Barve, evolutionary ecologist

Scientist Spotlight: Sahas Barve, Evolutionary Ecologist

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Kyle Miller

Scientist Spotlight: Kyle Miller, Animal Keeper

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Butterfly Colors and Biomimicry

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Torsten Dikow, insect researcher

Scientist Spotlight: Torsten Dikow, Insect Researcher

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Stephanie Bush, marine biologist, in a wetsuit with the ocean behind her

Scientist Spotlight: Stephanie Bush, Marine Biologist

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