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The Great Dismal Swamp: A Place That Doesn’t Live Up To Its Name
J oining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch of forested wetland that ...
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Meet the ‘Wooly Devil,’ the First New Plant Genus Discovered in a National Park Since 1976
A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...
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Smithsonian To Unveil One Of The World’s Largest Fancy Red Diamonds
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has acquired the 2.33-carat “Winston Red Diamond,” one of the world’s largest fancy red diamonds. It will be unveiled to the public on ...
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Winston Red Diamond ‘among most significant’ donations to Smithsonian
The diamonds have been donated by Ronald Winston, son of well-known jeweler and gem collector Harry Winston, who donated the iconic Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1958. Harry died in 1978.