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 ...
Cephalopods with shells on the outside—like some extinct species and the living nautilus—might resemble snails. But, while snail shells have just one continuous space inside, the interior of ...
"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, ...
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 ...
Left: The mummified remains of Chenet-aa under a CT scanner Right: JP Brown analyzes the composite scans of a mummified individual on the computer. Field Museum 2024 Thanks to Halloween tales and ...
The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth— things like marine iguanas and giant tortoises. In a new paper in ...
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 ...