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Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most notable findings
Jack Tamisiea
December 31, 2024
Emily Driehaus
November 22, 2024
August 29, 2024
Emma Saaty & Jack Tamisiea
January 4, 2024
May 12, 2023
Emma Saaty
March 3, 2023
January 13, 2023
Lyric Aquino
November 24, 2022
November 23, 2022
November 16, 2022
April 1, 2022
Madison Goldberg
February 28, 2022
January 31, 2022
Tess Joosse
December 9, 2021
October 21, 2021
September 30, 2021
Top Discoveries at the National Museum of Natural History in 2024
Newly Described Fossil From Wyoming Sheds Light on When Frogs and Toads Lost Their Teeth
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