Slash, aka Saul Hudson, is probably best known as the guitarist from Guns N’ Roses. But there’s more to Slash than his music.
Featuring a new, fully articulated SUE cast with added gastralia (“belly ribs”), a one-of-a-kind narrated show, and realistic computer animated scenes, SUE: The T. rex Experience is a journey through ...
Every year on November 1 and 2, families in villages across Mexico gather to welcome home the visiting spirits of departed relatives on the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Families prepare for ...
Though SUE the T. rex’s fossils are a snapshot of life 67 million years ago, the science around extinct animals is rarely set in stone. Get an in-depth look at SUE's scientific updates and new home in ...
True to their name, woodpeckers hammer away at wood with their beaks. And when they do, they can experience forces of 1,200 to 1,400 g’s—about 14 times more g-force than what it takes for a human to ...
A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal’s body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and even a perfectly-preserved body doesn’t tell the whole story of how that ...
"As soon as I saw his photo, I needed to find out who he was," says exhibitions developer Tori Lee. Before the summer of 2019, I’d never heard of Carl W. Cotton. Six months later, I’d met his family, ...
There are countless different cultures and societies around the world, spanning thousands of years. One thing that they all have in common is that no matter what, death is a part of everybody’s life.
George’s skeleton was not found by Field Museum scientists, but by our peers at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Starting in 1910, AMNH fossil hunter Barnum Brown led a ...
Why are some display cases in this gallery covered? The Field Museum has covered several display cases in the Robert R. McCormick Halls of the Ancient Americas and the Alsdorf Hall of Northwest Coast ...
This "little carnivorous dinosaur" revealed something new, 80 years later. For every specimen you can see out on display at the Museum, there are many more behind the scenes. Our scientists and ...
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