Join us in the Crown Family PlayLab for a fun-filled morning exploring the wild colors, shapes, sounds, and textures of the world! Investigators will explore animals, plants, and fossils through hands ...
This event is made possible by Hello, China! Cultural and Tourism Promotion, hosted by The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago, and organized by the China Foreign Culture ...
Pre-Registered Illinois field trips are FREE everyday of the week! Free Wednesdays are the perfect opportunity for you to explore our general admission exhibitions with your family or a group of ...
The ancient city of Kish was occupied from at least as early as 3200 B.C. through the 7th century A.D. Located on the floodplain of the Euphrates River eighty kilometers south of modern Baghdad, the ...
Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It’s the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today— are dinosaurs. And while the first ...
Field Museum scientist Luis Muro Ynoñán with the carving of a mythological bird creature in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas. Photo by the Ucupe Cultural Landscape Archaeological Project A team of ...
Rewriting the armadillo family tree: a new species, plus a name change for the state mammal of Texas
While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters. There are nearly two dozen species of armadillos, from six-inch ...
SUE the T. rex is an incredibly complete fossil, and Máximo the Titanosaur is a cast. Here’s why we have both. “Is that real?” This is a question we often hear from visitors as they roam the Field ...
Twenty-foot-long specimens described as separate species from their cousins, named after mythology’s Hydra A fossil called Tanystropheus was first described in 1852, and it’s been puzzling scientists ...
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