Reptiles Alive! has a spider-tailed horned viper on display, the only one of its kind currently in the United States. The ...

This summer in Chicago, the Field Museum will open a new exhibit, featuring a rare specimen not seen anywhere else in U.S.

Field Museum // Chicago Dozin' with the Dinos lets kids ages 6 through 12 and their adults explore Chicago's beloved Field Museum after dark, with late-night scientist talks and themed challenges.

In 2003, he stayed in Chicago for 44 days after a fall; in 2008, he stayed for 28 days in Texas. Though meteorite hunting has become his livelihood, he firmly believes that anyone can do it.

Chicago's beloved wildlife expert Frank "Alligator" Robb will be a guest speaker at the Field Museum in June. Robb will speak as part of the museum's "Meet a Scientist" series on June 6.

An asteroid completes its 40-million miles journey from space to the Field Museum. FOX 32's Dane Placko has more on what scientists will be studying from it.

She'll use the museum's scanning electron microscope to get an up-close look at a tiny sample of Bennu. "What struck me is how dark the sample is. I had never seen such a dark sample," Heck said.

Labubus are newer to the scene, yet they have uniquely broken through in a way that no other stuffed animal has in 2025. “The Labubu rise in popularity is a one-of-a-kind moment,” Wilson says.

June 20 to June 2026 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 2430 N. Cannon Drive, open daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; adult tickets $12-$17, naturemuseum.org ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) — Scientists at the Field Museum can now get a glimpse of 4.5 billion years into the past. This is because the museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of a pristine asteroid.

Visit SUE, the T. rex, at the Field Museum is ranked #8 out of 28 things to do in Chicago. See pictures and our review of Visit SUE, the T. rex, at the Field Museum.