Inside the largest natural history collection in the world — the 147 million specimens hidden in the Smithsonian
Inside the largest natural history collection in the world — the 147 million specimens hidden in the Smithsonian
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Our Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History staff wants to show you some bird specimens and you’d BETTER say they’re cool. Our Division of Birds is home to one of the largest bird collections in the world with more than 600,000 specimens. Every year, hundreds of researchers visit this bird library to study the evolution, identification, and ecology of birds. These collections even save lives! Government agencies use the library to identify the remains of birds in aircraft strikes to bette
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Our Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History staff wants to show you some bird specimens and you’d BETTER say they’re cool. Our Division of Birds is home to one of the largest bird collections in the world with more than 600,000 specimens. Every year, hundreds of researchers visit this bird library to study the evolution, identification, and ecology of birds. These collections even save lives! Government agencies use the library to identify the remains of birds in aircraft strikes to bette
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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has one of the biggest bird collections in the world, housing over 600,000 specimens, from ducks to eagles to peacocks. The collection was created over 200 years ago and is still being added to today. But why does the museum still need more and more specimens? Research and wildlife management, notably reducing the amount of bird strikes. | Insider Science
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The Smithsonian Natural History Museum houses 147 million specimens — everything from pickled animals to priceless gems to dinosaur bones. But less than 1% of it's on display. The rest is hidden behind the scenes in what's called collections. But they're not just sitting in storage rooms collecting dust. The specimens are actively used for scientific research with real-world benefits, from preventing bird strikes to documenting invasive species. We went inside the collections to see how they acq
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