The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences presents the exhibition Animal Grossology, open through April 24, 2011. Ever wonder why dogs sniff each other’s rear ends, why cows need four stomachs to digest their food [Read More]
Natural History
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The New Mexico Natural History Museum presents 2010 Natural History Photography Salon, on view through through January 3, 2011. 1st Prize, Wandering Glider – Long Distant Dragonfly Migrant Photographer: Dustin Huntington Location: Bitter Lakes NWR, [Read More]
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History and Humanities Texas present the exhibit, Rarámuri, by the noted Latina writer and photographer Diana Molina. The exhibit features stunning photographs and cultural artifcats about the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) [Read More]
The CM Russell Museum presents The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture the museum’s newest permanent exhibition. “This exhibition examines the interplay between the bison and the Indians, as well as Charlie Russell’s [Read More]
The Museum of the Rockies presents Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs, on view through January 30, 2011. The largest and most comprehensive exhibit ever created on the history, biology, and evolution of dogs. [Read More]
Carnegie Museum of Natural History has announced its redesigned Web site, accessible at www.carnegiemnh.org One of the major goals of the site was to better share information about the museum’s world-renown research and scientists. Visitors [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has announced its upcoming exhibition schedule for 2011–2014. Life: A Journey Through Time Through January 9, 2011 Frans Lanting’s epic photographic project Life: A Journey Through Time interprets the [Read More]
After 28 years as curator of anthropology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History and 11 years leading the museum’s Section of Anthropology, David Watters, PhD, will retire in November 2010. Trained as an archaeologist, Watters [Read More]
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County celebrates Mexican Culture with a Family Day SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7; 10 AM-4 PM. The Natural History Museum will observe the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with [Read More]
The Lucky Few, a documentary about the USS Kirk’s heroic rescue of more than 30,000 North Vietnamese in the tumultuous days of 1975 following the fall of Saigon, will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum [Read More]
First Week of Excavation Reveals Exceptionally-Preserved Ice Age Ecosystem Denver Museum of Nature & Science excavation crews discovered two additional Ice Age mammal species at a fossil dig site at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, [Read More]
The Santa Cruz Natural History Museum presents Bones: An Inside Look at Nature, open through through February 26, 2011. The exhibition includes a display of skulls, teeth, and bones from fishes, reptiles, mammals, and birds. [Read More]
Albertosaurus and Edmontosaurus discovered in province’s capital Edmonton… A sharp eyed City of Edmonton worker halted the construction of a sewage tunnel, when he spotted what he thought might be a dinosaur bone. The city [Read More]
The Powerhouse Museum’s permanent exhibition EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future will reopen on 30 October 2010 with a new, in-depth focus on climate change. With major scientific, industrial and social developments over the last decade, [Read More]
Alex Tirabasso, an animator with the Canadian Museum of Nature, has earned a unique prize in the world of palaeontology—a first-ever digital modelling award from National Geographic for showing how a group of horned dinosaurs [Read More]
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science will begin excavation of a significant Columbian mammoth fossil site near Snowmass Village on Tuesday, November 2, after reaching a written agreement today with the Snowmass Water and [Read More]
The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond an extraordinary 31.06-carat blue gem is now on display in the American Museum of Natural History’s Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals courtesy of Laurence Graff. Mined in India, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond [Read More]
The American Museum of Natural History presents Brain: The Inside Story, open November 20, 2010–August 14, 2011. Step into your brain. In this exhibition, explore how the brain—a product of millions of years of evolution—produces [Read More]