Jessica Portner

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Dung beetle expedition Catalina Island crew
Join the Dung Beetle Hunt
Walk in the shoes of La Brea Tar Pits scientists who ventured to a less-trodden part of Catalina Island to scout for dung beetles in bison poop! 
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Maureen Walsh portrait cropped
Our Dinosaur Librarian
Meet Maureen Walsh, Collections Manager of the Dinosaur Institute, who protects and presides over the Museum’s world-class collection of thousands of specimens spanning the millions of years dinosaurs stomped, darted, and soared around our prehistoric planet
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Elongated Violet Snail (Janthina umbilicata)
Rare Purple Snail Lands Here
The shells of a violet-colored sea snail, Janthina janthina, washed up on SoCal beaches recently.
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