Science Stories

How Museum Designers Invented Diorama 2.0

In NHMU's Canyon, encased in glass, rising 36 feet into the air, is a swirling display of specimens.

Nature is Where You Find It

Tracking Dystrophaeus, Utah's First Dinosaur - Part 1

If you were a time traveler and returned to the western U.S. during the Late Jurassic you would land in a much different world.

As we end this decade, here’s a look back at some of the most fascinating science stories of the past ten years.

Any complete list of the decade’s dinosaur discoveries would fill a book, but here are some of the most stunning finds of the 2010s.

Ten Natural History Discoveries of the Decade

The first curator of the Natural History Museum of Utah.

Rather than the sprawling reptiles we know today, 220 million years ago most crocodilian relatives were running around on land with legs underneath their body.

The Curious Case of Myrtle Spurge

How Humans are Making Novel Ecosystems