Amy Gusick doing field research in Micronesia
Naturalist

Humans On The Move

Dr. Amy Gusick, NHM’s Associate Curator of Anthropology, looks for answers in her archaeological studies of how people responded to environmental fluctuations
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Close up of spanish shawl collected by NHM's DISCO project
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Our Expedition to the Shore of L.A.

Los Angeles Urban Ocean Expedition 2019
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bat stars, starfish
Research and Collections

Oceans Online

Digitization of collections unlocks climate clues.
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fishes
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Fish Since the Dinosaurs

The last 66 million years of fish evolution
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A close-up view of the glass rope sponge’s delicate silica spindles.

Woah, Check Out This Sponge

The glass rope sponge is a true marine oddity.
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These little anemones were collected and photographed live, but have not yet been identified. Anemones are related to corals and jellies (also known as jellyfish, from back when anything in the ocean was a “fish”). Anemones look so peaceful with their saying tentacles, but they use those to sting animals that pass by so they can paralyze them and eat them.
Research and Collections

Tiny Marine Marvels

DISCO collects specimens down by the docks
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