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March 31st, 2011
ECCo embarks on a collaboration with the Chicago Park District to install a colorful native plant garden on the Museum's north side.
March 25th, 2011
The Botany Department at The Field Museum is re-housing, databasing and digitizing almost 200,000 bryophyte specimens, which addresses the urgent concern over their long-term preservation.
March 13th, 2011
Researchers from Madagascar and The Field Museum recently described a new bird species.
March 02nd, 2011
Leading researchers in urban life and material culture convened to discuss new approaches to collecting urban material culture for the 22nd century museum.
February 25th, 2011
Chemical analyses of the lions' remains at Field Museum show that they ate an estimate 35 people, not the 135 claimed by the railway engineer who shot them, says a new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
February 23rd, 2011
Expeditions to the Eastern Slope of the Andes uncover a striking new cloud forest rodent the size of a squirrel but related to guinea-pigs.
February 23rd, 2011
Field Museum team studies zoo animals across U.S.; results convincingly tie mane size to cold weather.
February 23rd, 2011
ECCo is working with our partners to implement two powerful and inspiring plans: the Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) focusing on the City and people, and the Climate Action Plan for Nature (CAPN) focusing on the natural environment and actions that will help important species in the 9-county region adapt to anticipated changes.
January 17th, 2011
For our 23rd Rapid Inventory we explored the little known, sparsely populated watersheds of the Yaguas and Cotuhe rivers in northeastern Peru, near the border with Colombia.