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The Long Life of a Dead Rhinoceros

How did one exaggerated armored rhino influence European illustration for centuries? Trace the artistic origins from Albrecht Dürer to Conrad Gessner and beyond, with images from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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Meet the Bamboo Expert Who Rediscovered a Missing Grass

After L. A. Huffman, “A Dead Bull” from William T. Hornaday, “The Extermination of the American Bison, with a Sketch of Its Discovery and Life History,” Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1887, part 2 (1889): pl. IX.

How Yellowstone Was Saved by a Teddy Roosevelt Dinner Party and a Fake Photo in a Gun Magazine

Plate from Conchology, or, The natural history of shells. London :W. Miller,[1811]. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives).

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Portrait of Graceanna Lewis, The Underground Rail Road (1872). (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Who was Graceanna Lewis, Naturalist and Abolitionist?

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