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Official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com).

The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth, highlights the origins of modern natural history back to the 18th century.

The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth, highlights the origins of modern natural history back to the 18th century.

"Squid," by Richard Conniff.

Richard Conniff, a Smithsonian contributor since , is the author of seven books about human and animal behavior.

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International journalist Richard Conniff has reported on animals that fly, swim, crawl and leap in his 40 years of writing.

It is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization. The first issue was published in 1970.^[2] The Smithsonian holds events such as the American Ingenuity Awards, Future Con, and Museum Day.

History

The history of Smithsonian began when Edward K. Thompson, the retired editor of Life magazine, was asked by then-Secretary of the Smithsonian, S. Dillon Ripley, to produce a magazine "about things in which the Smithsonian [Institution] is interested, might be interested or ought to be interested."^[3]

Thompson later recalled that his philosophy for the new magazine was that it "would stir curiosity in already receptive minds.

It would deal with history as it is relevant to the presen