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[image] Museum On the Move Goes West
Posted Tue, 08/14/2018 - 4:34pm

Museum On the Move Goes West

Museum On the Move, part of NHMU's statewide outreach, traveled to a remote Utah school: West Desert Elementary.
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[image] How a Museum Artist Made a Firefly Glow
Posted Wed, 08/08/2018 - 1:31pm

How a Museum Artist Made a Firefly Glow

Emily Szalay, a preparator with the Natural History Museum of Utah, has made a super-sized version of a lightning bug.
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[image] A Quest for More Critical Thinkers
Posted Tue, 07/31/2018 - 10:45am

A Quest for More Critical Thinkers

Research Quest is an online series of investigations, including videos, instructional guides, 3D images of digitized museum objects, and more.
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[image] Spiky-Headed Dinosaur a First for Utah
Posted Thu, 07/19/2018 - 10:31am

Spiky-Headed Dinosaur a First for Utah

What’s covered in spikes and 76 million years old? The answer isn’t a prehistoric pincushion. It’s Akainacephalus johnsoni, the newest dinosaur to be named from Utah.
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[image] Akainacephalus johnsoni Video
Posted Thu, 07/19/2018 - 10:30am

Akainacephalus johnsoni Video

Watch a video about Akainacephalus, a new species, discovered in Utah, announced July 19, 2018.
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[image] Objects Tell Stories of the Fremont People
Posted Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:04pm

Objects Tell Stories of the Fremont People

Objects found at Baker Village give insight into Fremont ways of life.
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[image] A Recipe For Extreme Organisms
Posted Fri, 06/22/2018 - 12:42pm

A Recipe For Extreme Organisms

Read about the microscopic life that’s adapted to the harsh conditions of the Great Salt Lake.
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[image] NHMU Research Update, June 2018
Posted Wed, 06/20/2018 - 11:40am

NHMU Research Update, June 2018

A quick summary of the wide-ranging research happening now at NHMU.
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[image] East Africa Finds Reveal New Twist in Human Story
Posted Thu, 05/31/2018 - 4:22pm

East Africa Finds Reveal New Twist in Human Story

New discoveries in the roughly 300,000 year-old sediment of Kenya have allowed Natural History Museum of Utah archaeology curator Tyler Faith and colleagues to track how stark changes in past climates influenced human culture.
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[image] Lights Out—Utah's Unique Dark Skies
Posted Mon, 05/21/2018 - 12:00am

Lights Out—Utah's Unique Dark Skies

The darkness is vanishing. Population growth and development around the globe has illuminated the world and its skies like never before. With the world alight, the only thing it seems we can’t see anymore is the dark.
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