Press Releases | Field Museum

Science

Weirdly-shaped mouse sperm can be used to tell species apart 12/05/2018
How a rat and bat helped heal a 90-year cultural rift 11/29/2018
How plants evolved to make ants their servants 11/12/2018
Tiny beetle trapped in amber might show how landmasses shifted 10/30/2018
Birds’ voiceboxes are odd ducks 09/24/2018
When mammal ancestors evolved flexible shoulders, their backbones changed too 09/20/2018
It’s okay, we’re not duned 08/30/2018
228-million-year-old fossil turtle didn’t have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak 08/22/2018
Easter Island’s society might not have collapsed 08/13/2018
Blue crystals in meteorites show that our Sun went through the “terrible twos” 07/30/2018
Easy-Bake Fossils 07/25/2018
Fuzzy Yellow Bats Reveal Evolutionary Relationships in Kenya 07/11/2018
Tiny paragliding beetle that lived with dinosaurs discovered in amber, named “Jason” 06/08/2018
A shipwreck and an 800-year-old “Made in China” label reveal lost history 05/16/2018
Worm-eating mice reveal how evolution works on islands 05/15/2018
New shrew species discovered on “sky island” in Philippines 05/08/2018
When the dinosaurs died, so did forests—and tree-dwelling birds 04/24/2018
Eyelash-sized plants reveal climate change—and citizen scientists help identify them 03/09/2018
Woodpeckers show signs of possible brain damage, but that might not be a bad thing 02/02/2018
Ninety-six scientists co-author paper on rainforest mammals 02/01/2018
Humans take up too much space—and it’s affecting how mammals move 01/25/2018
“Rainbow” dinosaur had iridescent feathers like a hummingbird 01/15/2018
Two million acres of Peruvian rainforest designated a national park 01/11/2018

Exhibition

SUE’s coming home for the holidays 11/11/2018
Field Museum to renovate Native North American Hall, to open 2021 10/29/2018
Chicago Brewseum to open beer exhibition at the Field Museum 10/09/2018
The “Pancake” Camera that Changed Film and Natural History in Mr. Akeley’s Movie Camera Exhibition 07/16/2018
Antarctic Dinosaurs Coming to the Field Museum in June 05/11/2018
Mummies exhibition tells unique story of the well-known practice 11/28/2017
Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation Arrives at The Field Museum 07/25/2017
Field Museum to Host Jurassic World: The Exhibition 03/30/2017
New Field Museum exhibition to highlight behind-the-scenes collections 12/06/2016
Field Museum to Open Two New Exhibitions Featuring Contemporary Native American Art 10/25/2016
Get a tattoo at The Field Museum’s new tattoo shop. (For real.) 10/24/2016
Field Museum’s New Interactive Space to Highlight Behind-the-Scenes Research 09/28/2016
Tattoo 07/14/2016
Cyrus Tang Hall of China Press Kit 03/31/2015
Elizabeth Hubert Malott Hall of Jades 06/20/2013
SUE 06/20/2013
Underground Adventure Press Release 03/07/2013
SUE Press Release 03/07/2013
Inside Ancient Egypt 03/07/2013
Evolving Planet 03/07/2013
Abbott Hall of Conservation Restoring Earth 05/27/2011

Events & Announcements