| SORS National Museum of Natural History (14664 words) |
 | Science at the National Museum of Natural History contributes to three broad SI theme areas: (1) The Formation and Evolution of the Earth and Similar Planets; (2) Discovering and Understanding Life’s Diversity; and (3) Study of Human Diversity and Culture Change. |
| Ongoing research programs include the systematics, ecology, and functional morphology of algae; life histories of meiofaunal organisms, sipunculans, polychaetes, and gastropods; ecology of foraminiferans; systematics, reproduction, and ecology of several groups of echinoderms and crustacea; and studies of mangrove ecosystems. |
| Research specialties: Evolution, systematics, natural history, and zoogeography of world ground beetles (Carabidae); ecologic aspects of Neotropical forest canopy insects and their allies, conservation of tropical forests. |
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