Deceased rare Arctic bird to become part of collection at museum in Lawrence
A rare Arctic bird found deceased last week in southwest Kansas will become part of the collection at Lawrence's Kansas ...
Tigers, zebras and other stuffed animals will get new homes after health concerns kept them hidden
Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic ...
How The Democratization Of GLP-1s Might Redefine Standards And Status
It’s obvious these drugs are trimming waistlines across the nation; what may be less obvious is that they might also reshape ...
An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct. A fossil could offer clues
With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, ...
Death of a Scientist: The Mysterious Demise of Smithsonian Pioneer Robert Kennicott
The context of how Kennicott’s body was discovered was also important. Strychnine poisoning can cause muscle spasms, yet Kennicott was found on top of undisturbed dirt. Had he gone into spasms, the ...
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Observer’s Guide to the L.A. Gallery and Museum Exhibitions to Check Out During Frieze
The MOCA Geffen is spotlighting two major crowd-pullers: Olafur Eliasson ’s seductive light installation OPEN, on view ...
Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past
About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and ...
Study reveals Bronze and Iron Age origins of skeletons in River Thames
"Violence is a particularly common theme for later prehistoric human remains from watery places," said the head researcher.
'Woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet': Smell of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies reveals new insights into embalming practices
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...
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Last living witness recalls the horrific and notorious lynching of Emmett Till
Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...
Museum With Renowned Dinosaur Fossils Gets a $25 Million Gift
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, home to the Tyrannosaurus rex holotype and a famous Diplodocus, will ...
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Evolutionary tale: 'Ancient Life' at NM Museum of Natural History & Science tells the story before the dinosaurs
"Walk Through Time" at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is now complete with the addition of the Bradbury ...