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November 08th, 2012
Field Museum scientists and an international team of collaborators conducted fieldwork in New Caledonia - where they collected a group of plants commonly called bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), ferns, as well as a group of organisms called lichens. New Caledonia is one of the world’s 35 biodiversity hotspots (and one of the smallest—about the size of New Jersey) with exceptional biological and ecological diversity.
October 06th, 2012
The Daily Herald has highlighted Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts in a preview of upcoming exhibitions in the Chicago area.
September 19th, 2012
Research Associate Jake Esselstyn and Colleagues describe new earth-worm eating rat from montane forests.
September 14th, 2012
The Chicago Sun-Times recently got a sneak peek of the Museum's latest exhibition Fashion and The Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto, a collaborative effort between the Museum and fashion designer Maria Pinto.
April 30th, 2012
Chicago Parent Magazine recently previewed The Field Museum's upcoming exhibition Extreme Mammals (opening Friday, May 25).
April 18th, 2012
The Field Museum Names Richard Lariviere as New President.
April 05th, 2012
Read about Field Museum Scientist Bruce Patterson's Tsavo Lions research, highlighted in Emirates Airline's April 2012 Issue of "Open Skies."
October 11th, 2011
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August 11th, 2011
A study of mammals in Mt. Pulag National Park, in the high mountains of northern Luzon Island, Philippines, has resulted in the rediscovery of the dwarf cloud rat, Carpomys melanurus, a species that hasn't been seen since its initial discovery in 1896.