How did the tiger shark get its name?
Like many other sharks and rays, tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) do not lay eggs but give birth to live young—up to 80 pups per litter!
How did the tiger shark get its name?
Like many other sharks and rays, tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) do [...]
How Do New Kinds of Telescopes Find New Things in Space? with Astrophysicist Michael Shara
How do we discover new types of objects in space? One way is to invent [...]
What is a fossil?
Maybe you’ve seen a fossil T. rex, or a fossil wooly mammoth. But what [...]
How Genetic Changes Help and Hurt Us: The Human Variety Show
Ever wonder why some people are lactose intolerant and others aren’t? [...]
Ammonites of prehistoric Tennessee #paleontology
Ammonites were some of the most diverse organisms in the ancient [...]
Rubies are July's birthstone! #gemstone
Not impressed? An alternative birthstone for July is onyx. Spot it, [...]
Did you know leeches can jump? #biology
One small step for leeches, one giant leap for leechkind! For the [...]
What the Heck Is a Nudibranch? with Marine Biologist Jessica Goodheart
Nudibranchs just might be the most charismatic of sea slugs, with [...]
New mosasaur named for a mythical Norse sea serpent #paleontology
Did you know? Mosasaurs’ closest living relatives are today’s lizards [...]
How do you name a dinosaur?
Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor–what’s in a dinosaur [...]
Jurassic Park's REAL Velociraptor
The inspiration for Jurassic Park's Velociraptor wasn't a Velociraptor [...]
Meet the Hercules Beetle
When threatened, a Hercules beetle warns foes with squeaking sounds [...]
Behind the Scenes in a Dinosaur Fossil Laboratory
Paleontologists may use hammers and chisels to extract dinosaur [...]
When is the Next Total Solar Eclipse? #datavisualization
When and where is the next total solar eclipse? Total solar eclipses [...]
Did the James Webb Space Telescope Change Astrophysics? | 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
How did the earliest galaxies form, and what implications does that [...]
What are the different types of eclipses?
Are you going to watch the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? Brush [...]
How a museum cleans a gigantic amethyst geode
How does our exhibition staff keep our amethyst geodes sparkling? [...]
An Astronomer's Guide to a Total Solar Eclipse
What can eclipse chasers expect to see when the Moon aligns with the [...]
Where are All the Tiny Dinosaurs?
A dinosaur as small as a mouse–pretty hard to imagine, right? That [...]
Amethysts 101–for February birthstones
Were you born in February? Your birthstone is amethyst! Learn all [...]
Visit the Museum's Big Bone Room! #fossilfriday
See some of the biggest dinosaur fossils at the Museum, with curator [...]
How Do We Measure the Ages of Stars? With Astrophysicist Ruth Angus
How old is a star? It turns out that’s one of the most difficult—and [...]
Paleontologists dig for Jurassic dinosaur fossils
The Morrison Formation is one of the most famous dinosaur fossil sites [...]
Digging the Dinosaurs of South Africa
Dinosaur fossils are mostly known from the United States and Europe, [...]
The Secret World of Elephants–Sneak Peek!
Elephants are part of a group called proboscideans, named for their [...]
Six Things You Didn't Know About Elephants
Did you know that elephants can “hear” with their feet? Or that they [...]
The Known Universe in 360° #datavisualization
Travel from the Himalayas through Earth’s atmosphere, out past the [...]
Human Population Through Time (Updated in 2023) #datavisualization
It took most of human history for our population to reach 1 [...]
What is a Tree of Life?
A phylogenetic tree, also known as a cladogram, is a diagram that [...]
Evolution of Human Hair – AMNH SciCafe
Why do humans have the bulk of our hair on our heads, not our bodies? [...]
Invisible Worlds Now Open at the American Museum of Natural History
Be transported into nature’s hidden realms—from the depths of the [...]
Earth Day 2023: Tipping Points #datavisualization
Global warming is bringing Earth’s climate system toward dangerous [...]
The Future of Energy | 2023 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
What will fuel the future of civilization? Major advances in energy [...]
Finding Trilobites on Anticosti Island
What makes the trilobite fossils on a remote island in Canada so [...]
This year's Origami Tree theme is Beautiful Bugs!
Bugs for the holidays? That’s how we’re celebrating! Come visit the [...]
Where in the World do Dragonflies Live? with Entomologist Jessica Ware
Don’t let their beautiful wings and graceful movements fool you. [...]
Cleaning the World's Tallest Freestanding Dino Mount #shorts
Fall cleaning at the Museum🍂🦕🧹✨ Senior Exhibition Maintenance Manager [...]
Searching for Bat Fossils in Colombia
Big animals like dinosaurs make big fossils–but how do scientists find [...]
Cave Bear Facts!
This fearsome fossil is Ursus spelaeus, a cave bear that lived 14,000 [...]
Awesome Ancient Sharks
Shark Week may be over, but we can still celebrate the amazing [...]
一场大流行如何结束？
当一种疾病传播到世界许多地区并同时感染许多人时，就会发生大流行，就像 2020 年的 COVID-19 那样。那么，我们如何才能阻止像 [...]
Manhattanhenge 2022 Tips From AMNH
Four evenings a year, the brick, steel, and asphalt of Manhattan's [...]
Voices of the Native Northwest Coast
Indigenous experts discuss the histories, persistence, and present [...]
什么是疫苗以及它的工作原理是什么？
疫苗是人类最大的胜利之一，现在比任何其他医疗程序挽救的生命都多。在 COVID-19 [...]
科学家使用什么工具来研究病毒？
新的工具和技术让我们窥视到，即便近到几十年前也根本不可能看到的世界。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，科学家们能够在 48 小时内解码 [...]
Mosasaurus: Lizard King of the Ancient Ocean
Don’t believe everything you see in the movies. Mosasaurs were huge [...]
Extinct and Endangered: Insects in Peril - Now Open!
The world as we know it has been shaped by insects. They play [...]
什么是病毒？
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2022 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Space Pollution
What is the environmental impact of commercial space exploration? [...]
¿Cómo Puede Terminar Una Pandemia?
Las pandemias ocurren cuando una enfermedad se propaga a muchas [...]
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