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Research staff from the Academy's Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy study a wide range of organisms—documenting new species, changes in distribution, evolutionary patterns, physical and behavioral adaptations to environmental conditions, and threats to populations of endangered species.
Academy scientists study an unusual adaptation in a number of New Guinea bird species: toxic skin and feathers.
Academy scientists travel to Namibia to study some of the smallest and least understood of all African mammals.
The Academy is part of a federal research program designed to study the causes of marine mammal strandings.
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