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Taxidermy allows people to better understand the biodiversity of the planet.
Thanks to the generous support of the Field Museum Women's Board, I have been studying stone tools to learn more about the lifeways of the ancient inhabitants of Peru.
fieldwork on East Africa's richest bat fauna
In which we hurriedly digest the recent literature on Cyatheaceae and post more pix online.
On September 24, Collections & Research Committee Member and private meteorite collector Terry Boudreaux donated and loaned specimens of a freshly fallen meteorite to the Museum’s Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies. The meteorite produced a fireball associated with a sonic boom before it hit the ground near Battle Mountain, NV on August 23. The meteorite is tentatively classified as an ordinary chondrite of type L6.
A two day Biosynthesis meeting was held on August 29 & 30, which worked toward the goal of engaging students of partnering institutions to aid in capturing data from scientific collections; thus relieving some of the taxonomic impediment.
Chicago Wilderness serves as a model for regional partnering that channels the knowledge of natural resource managers, scientists and researchers into practical place-based resources.
Reflections on the discovery, announced this month, of an entirely new spider family discovered in Oregon caves.
There is nothing like a long car trip to appreciate the wonder of North American birds.