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How Do You Clean an 11-Ton Elephant? One Brushstroke at a Time
The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors ...
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Evolution and taxonomy of Asian elephants
In collaboration with colleagues in the UK, Israel and elsewhere ... perhaps an example of 'island dwarfing'. A Natural History Museum-led expedition in 2008 investigated this claim by measuring the ...
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Dorothea Bate: a Natural History Museum pioneer
Dr Victoria Herridge, a palaeobiologist who worked with Dorothea’s collections at the Natural History Museum in her study of dwarf elephants and mammoths, attended the plaque’s unveiling. “It’s ...
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Giant mammal's bone from quarry donated to museum
An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is ...
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Matthew Carrano
rex is back at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in a striking new pose. Alex Fox & Matthew Carrano How Do You Clean an 11-Ton Elephant? One Brushstroke at a Time 15 Years Later ...
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Documentary team helps solve mysteries surrounding Jumbo the elephant’s life and death
He’d always wanted to do a documentary about Jumbo the elephant — the world ... He’d heard that the American Museum of Natural History once had Jumbo’s bones on display, but had long ...