Science Stories

Explore the incredible macro photography of insects by acclaimed photographer Levon Biss.

Twelve million years before Triceratops roamed western North America, another horned giant stomped through the area’s Cretaceous marshes.

¿Que son las mochilas sensoriales?

Sensory bags offer a valuable resource to museum visitors who experience sensory processing impairment.

Two broods of cicadas—brood XIX and XIII, which emerge every 13 and 17 years, respectively—are appearing together in 2024.

Do children experience lasting mental health benefits from museum visits?

Humans emerged from a confluence of climate change in ancient Africa, ancestral populations drawn to new resources and natural selection.

Exploring fermented foods and fungal delights with NHMU's curator of mycology.

NHMU's Anthropology Collections include more than 1 million objects that tell the stories and history of the Indigenous people of the Mountain West.

In 2024, NHMU hosted an essay contest in conjunction with the special exhibit Becoming Jane. Here is the winning submission by 7th grader Lily Petersen.

In his upcoming keynote address at the NHMU Lecture Series, David Eagleman asks what does AI mean for humans?

Why are we so different from our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos? And more broadly, what makes us human?