Check out what our Chief Curiosity Correspondent, Emily Graslie, has explored on The Brain Scoop!
When in doubt, sniff a tree. No, really! Botanists and rainforest ecologists follow their noses to identify certain species in addition to looking at the plant's flowers, and counting leaves on branches. Read more about Investigating the Trees of Amazonia
In which we take an expedition deep into an area of unstudied rainforest, and document our discoveries. At night. Read more about In Search of Night Life
This is the 2nd installment in a 2-part series of highlights from our expedition deep into the bat caves of Kenya! Read more about Into the Bat Caves of Kenya: Pt. 2
In January 2014, Emily accompanied Curator of Mammals Bruce Patterson on a field expedition into the bat caves of Kenya. They were joined with Field Museum Media Producers Greg Mercer and Emily Ward to document the experience. This is the 1st installment in a 2-part series of highlights from the trip; there's much more to come! Read more about Into the Bat Caves of Kenya: Pt. I
Team Brain Scoop is about to helicopter into a biologically unknown region of the Peruvian jungle with a team of conservationists to study and document the area's biodiversity for the first time in its history. Read more about Into Perú
Team Brain Scoop (Emily + producer Tom McNamara) will be in Peru with our conservation team October 11-31st. Check out more information about the Field's Rapid Inventory project and the Action Center here: http://bit.ly/YINDvL Read more about Updates with Emily
So.... we've got all of these fish fossils. Now what? To the prep lab! Read more about Fossil Fish, PT. III: The Preparation
2014 marks the 100-year anniversary of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, the most numerous bird species in the history of our planet. Read more about Year of the Passenger Pigeon
In which we set out and find fossil meteorites in time and space. Wait... meteorites can be fossilized?! Mind blown. Read more about Fossil Meteorites
In which we set out and find fossil meteorites in time and space. Wait... meteorites can be fossilized?! Mind blown. Read more about Fossil Meteorites