mammal
Plate depicting Ganges river-dolphin, Irrawaddy dolphin
Ganges river-dolphin. Irrawaddy dolphin
Plate depicting Hoary Bamboo Rat
Plate depicting hairy-nosed otter
Plate depicting rat
Plate depicting mouse
Plate depicting susu and and snubfin dolphin
Plate depicting rat skulls
Plate depicting mongoose skull
Plate depicting susu and and snubfin dolphin
Ganges river-dolphin
Ganges river-dolphin
Ganges river-dolphin
Irrawaddy dolphin
Irrawaddy dolphin
Bryde's whale
Plate depicting Irrawaddy dolphin
Plate depicting rat
Plate depicting rat
Stomach of the Hoary Bamboo Rat
Bone To Book–
Natural History is more than just bones and fossils in a museum drawer…
Studying natural history is about discovering objects in the natural world and translating their meaning into scientific knowledge. Whales—From Bone to Book, a Smithsonian Libraries exhibition located in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, traces the fascinating journey of how Smithsonian scientists study the largest and most intelligent mammals on the planet: whales.
