This photo gallery contains a sampling of images available to the media from Abbott Hall of Conservation Restoring Earth. These and others are available in high or low resolution files by contacting media@fieldmuseum.org.
Shining Leaf Chafer Beetle
Scientific name: Chrysophora chrysocholra
John Weinstein © The Field Museum
Jewel Beetle
Scientific name: Sternocera ruficornis
By documenting nature's awesome diversity, Field Museum collections inform plans for protection.
Common Green Birdwin Butterfly
Scientific name: Ornithoptera primamus
Common Janthina
The Common Janthina (Janthina janthina) is part of a diverse reef community in the Florida Keys.
Dwarf Cloud Rat
The greater dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus) lives only in mossy forests on the Philippine islands.
Lawrence Heaney © The Field Museum
Ornithologists
Ornithologists scan the skies for birds during a Field Museum-led rapid inventory in Peru.
Álvaro del Campo © The Field Museum, ECCo
Botanist
Field Museum botanist Corine Vriesendorp presses plant specimens collected during a rapid inventory in Peru.
Herpetologist
Herpetologist Pablo Venegas examines a lizard during a rapid inventory in Peru.
Papua New Guinea
This coral reef in Papua New Guinea is just one of many locations around the world where Field Museum scientists study reef biodiversity.
Joshua Drew © The Field Museum
Peregrine Falcon
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) has recovered dramatically in numbers, thanks to part to Field Museum scientists and the Museum's collections.