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2025
Most rodents have thumbnails instead of claws. It might help explain how they took over the world
September 2, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Mammals
- Animals
New exhibition answers the question: What did Earth look like after the dinosaurs?
August 12, 2025Press release type:
- Exhibitions
- After the Age of Dinosaurs
- Evolution
- Extinction
- Animals
Chicago’s rodents are evolving to handle city living
June 25, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Animals
- Mammals
Newly-declared conservation area in Peru is home to pink dolphins, giant armadillos, and woolly monkeys
June 5, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Keller Science Action Center
- Amphibians & Reptiles
- Environment & Conservation
- Animals
- Plants
- Fish
- Mammals
New exhibition journeys through the world of reptiles, while uncovering their extraordinary adaptations
May 28, 2025Press release type:
- Exhibitions
- Amphibian and Reptile Collections
- Reptiles Alive!
- Amphibians & Reptiles
- Animals
UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a perfectly-preserved fossil Archaeopteryx
May 13, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Fossil Preparation Lab
- Fossil Vertebrate Collections
- Archaeopteryx
- Paleontology
- Archaeopteryx
Pokémon Fossil Museum Special Exhibition to Make North American Debut at Chicago's Field Museum
May 13, 2025Press release type:
- Exhibitions
New Changing Face of Science exhibition features conservation ecologist, uncovers the mysteries of freshwater ecosystems and the need for urgent action
April 29, 2025Press release type:
- Exhibitions
- Keller Science Action Center
- Changing Face of Science
- TCFS: Lesley de Souza
- Environment & Conservation
Field Museum announces complete renovation of Africa and Ancient Egypt galleries
April 20, 2025Press release type:
- Events and Announcements
- Africa
- Inside Ancient Eqypt
- Africa
- Egypt
Archaeologists measured and compared the size of 50,000 ancient houses to learn about the history of inequality. They found that it’s not inevitable.
April 13, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Mesoamerica and Central America Collections
- Anthropology
New Changing Face of Science exhibition highlights multifaceted snake scientist
April 10, 2025Press release type:
- Exhibitions
- Changing Face of Science
- Amphibians & Reptiles
- Women in Science
Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people
April 8, 2025Press release type:
- Science
- Negaunee Integrative Research Center
- Anthropology
- Early Humans
