In the Field

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Two researchers coincidentally discover the same new species of flowering plant—one in the field and one in a museum collection.

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Katherine Maslenikov, Ichthyology Collection Manager, helps with underwater fieldwork along coral reefs in Roatan, Honduras.

Researcher Ana Bedoya Ovalle returns to Colombia to collect and study river-weed plants in South America.

Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food ingredient and evidence of the transition to early farming practices in Indonesia.