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City Nature Challenge

(DMV) (Capital Nature) Join residents throughout the DC metro area to observe local plants, animals, and fungi for the City Nature Challenge! You can observe and document wildlife using iNaturalist in your neighborhood, local park, or backyard. This global citizen science event will help scientists collect data on urban biodiversity and highlight Washington DC area's natural world.

Exhibit: Dazzling Diversity

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 1000 Madison Drive NW, Washington

(DC) (Smithsonian) Celebrate the vast and varied insect world through the pages of early natural history books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Dazzling Diversity provides a glimpse into the wealth of recorded scientific knowledge in these books, and the continuing relevance of historical science to contemporary biodiversity research. It offers a snapshot of different classes of insects and their habitats, while showcasing ...

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