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Sure, He’s Retired, but This Conservation Legend Isn’t Slowing Down
July 16, 2021 — Carrol Henderson rescued Minnesota’s Peregrine Falcons and Trumpeter Swans. Can he save this heron rookery before it’s too late?
Roxie Laybourne studies specimens from the Birds Collection at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in 1992. Chip Clark/Division of Birds, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
The Remarkable Life of Roxie Laybourne
October 05, 2020 — From deep within the Smithsonian, the world’s first forensic ornithologist cracked cases, busted criminals, and changed the course of aviation—making the skies safer for us all.