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Armour Seminar: Almira Astudillo Gilles, PhD

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. The A. Watson Armour III Seminar Series is a weekly seminar highlighting the ...
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Armour Seminar: Christopher Shaffer and Phillip Suse

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. At this week's session, Christopher Shaffer and Phillip Suse will discuss Indigenous ...
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Armour Seminar: Christopher Shaffer

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This week's session, Christopher Shaffer, will discuss Indigenous Conservation ...
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Field Ambassadors

The Field Ambassador program is a professional community through which Chicago-area educators receive on-going professional development on the Museum’s resources—our exhibitions, collections, ...
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Ancient Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru

Carving of a mythological bird figure hints at origins of ancient religion Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
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Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

The ancient stardust reveals a “baby boom” in star formation Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
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Fossils of “giant cloud rats” discovered in Philippine caves

Fluffy rodents twice the size of a gray squirrel survived for tens of thousands of years, and then abruptly disappeared a few thousand years ago—perhaps driven to extinction by humans Museum open ...
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Fossil mystery solved: super-long-necked reptiles lived in the ocean, not on land

Twenty-foot-long specimens described as separate species from their cousins, named after mythology’s Hydra Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
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Ancient Mexican city endured for centuries without extremes in wealth and power

Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
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“Mind controlling” parasitic worms are missing genes found in every other animal

Hairworms are missing the tiny “hairs” responsible for cell movement, filtration, and sensing that every other known animal has Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and ...
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Experience the Field at Home

Continue exploring natural history with online resources and at-home activities for all ages. We’re rounding up some of our favorite ways to stay connected. If you're interested in seeing more on a ...
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Máximo the Titanosaur

The titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum is a big deal—literally, the biggest dinosaur that scientists have discovered to date. This long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur lived over 100 million years ago in ...