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April 30th, 2013
In June, the Field Museum is releasing The Art & Science of Birds, an eBook that explores artistic and scientific perspectives on birds.
April 10th, 2013
On April 9, The Field Museum received several pieces of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite totaling about two pounds thanks to a generous donation from meteorite collector Terry Boudreaux.
January 07th, 2013
When most people get tired and worn out they take naps. Field Museum scientist Jim Holstein however, discovers fossils.
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.
September 19th, 2012
Research Associate Jake Esselstyn and Colleagues describe new earth-worm eating rat from montane forests.
August 12th, 2012
Graduate student and research scientist and colleagues discover and describe new barbet from the foothills of the eastern Peruvian Andes.
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."
February 14th, 2012
ECCo builds on uncanny "Calumet moments" to build serious Calumet momentum.
September 01st, 2011
On Saturday, August 13, over 80 plant enthusiasts gathered for Thismia Hunt 2011: Celebrating 20 Years of Conservation in Calumet.