The Early Women In Science exhibit highlights a series of remarkable women who were trailblazers in their respective sciences, all working prior to 1922, when women had to fight to join what had been fields strictly reserved for men.

Last voyage of Henry Hudson. They met the friendly Indian tribes Algonquin and Lenape. Thanks to the mapping and information provided by the English captain in the service of the Dutch, Henry Hudson, Spitsbergen became an important area for fishing and whaling? Hudson also discovered the island of Jan Mayen? .

Cinnamomum verum - image is under CC-BY licence from Forest and Kim Starr.

Did you know that? Beech martens love to gnaw automobile wires in half? Martens may be chased out of a home by distributing dropping of large wild cats where they reside? In captivity, young martens may be readily tamed, and with the proper care, remain tame even after maturing? In high mountain ranges during summer months, martens may be found up to 4000 meters elevation? Martes foina - image is under CC BY-NC.

Florence Merriam Bailey Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7417, Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1865-1942. Maria Emma Gray portrait as a young woman Figures of Molluscous Animals, Selected from Various Authors, Etched for the Use of Students by Maria Emma Gray, vol. 1, 1859, Biodiversity Heritage Library. Did you know that? The Smithsonian Libraries hold more than 2 million volumes, over 36,000 of which have been digitized? Collection in the Biodive.

Philodendron affine, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Botany v.

Its consumption raw is not fatal, but can produce continuous retching for up to six hours, and with only a small amount of ingested material? After thorough cooking, they are no more poisonous than, for instance, Armillarias? .

Monday, April 23, 2012. We are approaching the final events of the BHL-Europe project quite fast. More updates on program and logistics is coming soon.