You probably have a member of your family that you’re not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom’s ...

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 ...

9:00 AM CDT to Jun 24, 11:00 AM ...

In the wake of dinosaurs, plants and animals reshaped Earth into a lush, tropical world teeming with new giants, tiny survivors, and strange life both familiar and strange.

Sons of famous naturalist President Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt inherited their father’s love for nature and conservationist attitude. Over the course of two expeditions through ...

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Part of the series: A. Watson Armour III Research Seminar Series ...

On April 3, the Field Museum debuted Woolly Dogs, a temporary exhibition within Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories, ...

Scientists describe nine new species of fossil grapes (60 to 19 million years old), including the oldest ones ever found in the Western Hemisphere Lithouva - the earliest fossil grape from the Western ...

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 ...

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 ...