Hispanic Americans serving in the US military defended Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, against a surprise attack on December 7, 1941.
A military veteran, Jose Sarria also became a prominent advocate for Latinos, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community in San Francisco.
Latino pilots served in the US Air Force at Floyd Bennett Field during World War II and throughout the Cold War.
A rapid response team of paleontologists excavated a nearly complete dolphin fossil before it was lost.
View fossils "in situ," including a herd of Columbian mammoths and a camel that lived 67,000 years ago.
Fossils track life millions of years ago in what is now the world's largest gypsum dune field with exciting new discoveries being found.