A Museum curator looks back on his work with the Hubble Space Telescope 25 years after the launch of the iconic instrument.
totally unexpected discovery that essentially lobbed a hand
A guide to the editing symbols used in the Darwin Manuscripts Project during the editing and transcribing process.
contrasting marking crayon, pencil, or pen immediately at hand
Some species don’t need this vital sense.
DESALLE: Balance, on the other hand, has three little
Twin planets 218 light years away from Earth are likely largely composed of water surrounding a rocky core.
orbits closer to the star, Kepler-138b, on the other hand
Explore plant diagrams and learn techniques for observing, collecting, identifying, and preserving plants.
any of the 12 varieties featured in this sheet of hand
Embark on a virtual field trip! Students grades 3-5 can explore the Museum’s famed habitat dioramas, learning how animals adapt to their environments.
Ask students to write notes in the large right-hand
Research effort includes formation of an international, cross-disciplinary network to study status of insect populations.
[A small tiger beetle darts across a hand displaying
It’s quite a feat to feed a whale! Join along as we hitch a ride on the back of a blue whale to get an underwater view of its incredible eating habits.
mouth the bottom of its jaw over there on the left-hand
Whether you revel in their myriad Paleozoic permutations, or merely view them as bizarre remnants of an incredibly distant time, there seems to be no denying that trilobites are fascinating creatur…
possibility of acquiring a new specimen – whether through hand-blistering
In 2005, scientists discovered a tiny bat in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. This bat, Anoura fistulata, has the longest tongue relative to body length of all the mammals.
Claws on five fingers of each hand–a primitive mammal
