American Museum of Natural History
Mighty Martian meteorite lands at UK's Natural History Museum
A rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor.
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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Naming new plant species moves online
There are more than 380,000 plant species known to science, with many more around the world still to be found, identified and scientifically named. But this mighty task will now be more efficient for ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Horseshoe crabs are one of nature's great survivors
It may look like something out of a science fiction movie, but the horseshoe crab is definitely real. In fact it is one of nature’s great survivors, lasting through 3 of the Earth’s major extinction ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Could 2012 be the year we find extraterrestrial life?
Last year came to an exciting end with the discovery of an Earth-like planet, Kepler-22b, orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system. It was found by NASA’s Kepler mission and is the first planet ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Did a good sense of smell give us an evolutionary advantage over Neanderthals?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our sense of smell may have been as important as language in helping to give us, modern humans, an evolutionary advantage over other human relatives such as the Neanderthals, scientists report ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Bone-eating 'zombie' worms can no longer hide
Bone-eating 'zombie' worms may be good at keeping out of sight, living off dead whales in the darkness of the sea floor, but scientists have found out how to detect them, even if there’s no trace of their ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Help scientists record invasion of Chinese mitten crabs
Its name might sound cuddly but the Chinese mitten crab is one of the worlds worst invasive species and scientists need help recording sightings in the UK.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Archaeopteryx and the dinosaur-bird family tree
The magpie-sized Archaeopteryx had bird and dinosaur features and helped show that birds evolved from dinosaurs. However, recent research in the journal Nature questions its position in the dinosaur-bird family ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Dual-sex butterfly hatches at Natural History Museum
A rare half-male and half-female butterfly has emerged at the Natural History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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First Australian spinosaur dinosaur had global distribution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Could the first Australian spinosaur dinosaur be a Baryonyx? New research has uncovered a fossil cervical vertebra that is nearly identical to a Baryonyx specimen at the Museum. This research ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Swarm-like behavior of red mason solitary bees
Have you seen what looks like a bee swarm in your garden recently? Well, if you think you have, it is more likely to be a gathering of harmless red mason bees than a swarm of aggressive bees.
May 05, 2011 |
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Look out for the first bluebells
Have you seen any bluebells yet? If you have, help scientists at the Natural History Museum and record your sighting in the bluebell survey.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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3D Neanderthal comes to a screen near you
Ever wondered what Neanderthals looked like? Or how they walked? Well wonder no more with the Natural History Museum website’s new augmented reality (AR) Neanderthal.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2011 |
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BBC top 10 new species of decade includes stick-insect
A spectacular stick-insect, a rare specimen of which is looked after at the Natural History Museum, is in a top 10 new species of the decade list.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Could the Yangtze River dolphin be on its way to extinction?
Last week at the global biodiversity conference in Nagoya a study revealed that one fifth of the world’s vertebrate species continue to move closer to extinction. Researchers looked at how a species’ ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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