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Dr. Nick Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals in the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Paleobiology, has been a longtime user and advocate for BHL. The historic data accessible through publications in BHL
underpins much of his work. For example, the
Discovery Reports, which present the results of groundbreaking investigations into the biology of whales, helped inform Pyenson's studies on the evolution of cetacean body size and whale hearing.
While BHL has been a valued resource for Pyenson for many years, digital access to scientific literature has become especially important as research has shifted to a primarily telework environment.