Ten whooping cranes arrive at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland. The cranes were moved in individual crates, but each crane was kept next to its mate. When they arrived at SCBI, each pair was immediately introduced to their new yard.
Photo: Skip Brown/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
T. C. Cannon (1946–1978, Caddo/Kiowa), Two Guns Arikara, 1974–77. Acrylic and oil on canvas. Anne Aberbach and Family, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Copyright 2018 Estate of T. C. Cannon. The exhibition “T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America,” organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, runs April 6 to Sept. 16, 2019, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Photo by Thosh Collins.
Baleen is the soft, hair-like structure on the upper mouth of whales, such as the humpback whale in this photo, which allows them to trap prey in their mouth.
Credit: Ari S. Friedlaender/University of California, Santa Cruz under NOAA permit
