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Posted Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:33am

Behind the Scenes: What is Experimental Archaeology?

Efforts to recreate the past lead to some surprising discoveries.

Posted Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:26am

The question of what distinguishes one species from another is a complex puzzle.

Posted Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:09am

Children - as well as adults - can benefit from coloring outside the lines and playing in the mud.

Posted Fri, 09/25/2020 - 12:38pm

Biodiversity Discovery: a new genus and species of spittlebug from the Amazonian rainforest.

Posted Wed, 09/16/2020 - 5:12am

A primer on the region, the fossils found so far, those that are likely to be there, and why it matters.

Posted Mon, 09/14/2020 - 4:59pm

NHMU paleo volunteer Eliza Petersen made a dino pun that's been taking the internet by storm.

Posted Mon, 08/31/2020 - 8:03am

A team from Creotrē installs the new 3D map of Utah in the Canyon at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Image ©NHMU/Mark Johnston

Tags: map

Posted Fri, 08/21/2020 - 3:48pm

NHMU is home to the greatest collection of Allosaurus bones in the world. How did they get here?

Posted Mon, 07/13/2020 - 9:00am

Geologists and paleontologists have good reason to suspect that climate change might play a role in dinosaur origins.

Posted Thu, 07/09/2020 - 5:47pm

A new study finds that cats are susceptible to COVID-19, but there's no evidence they can spread the disease to us.