The fossil was tiny— about the size of a modern sparrow— but it had features in common with a larger fossil bird called ...

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The Field Museum is pleased to consider requests to support fundraising events. Below are the guidelines for receiving a donation. While we would like to contribute to every organization, the volume ...

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 ...

Reassembling broken pottery from archaeological excavations is a periodic feature of an object conservator's professional life. In past times pots have been reassembled with adhesives (such as ...

ABBOTT, M.L., 1954. Revision of the Palaeozoic fern genus Oligocarpia. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 96, 39–65. ARNOLD, C.A. 1938. Note on a lepidophyte strobilus ...

Stand beneath battling African Elephants. Hear—and feel—Tyrannosaurus rex’s earth-shaking growl. Descend into an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb. Experience this and so much more in our permanent halls: all ...

We would appreciate receiving any reprints of studies based upon Field Museum specimens. These reprints will become part of our permanent botanical reprint collection. In order to fill possible gaps ...

Mellon Senior Conservation Ecologist and Adjunct Curator Nigel Pitman is one of 356 co-authors on a new paper in Nature that investigates how forests respond to environmental change by studying the ...

Explore the fascinating world of live reptiles, from slithering snakes to loveable lizards, with hands-on activities and incredible science for the whole family.

The Field Museum connects all of us to the natural world and the human story. Located on Chicago’s iconic Lake Michigan shore, the Field Museum opened its current building to the public in 1921—but ...

There’s always something happening at the Field. Guided tours are the perfect way to dig a little deeper during your visit. Our volunteer docents lead these tours, which are free with general ...