Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They're often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in dark, wet places. But these small plants sometimes turn out to be big clues ...

Museum open Daily 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, last entry 4:00 pm Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day Museum is located at: ...

Art and science intersect on the three-foot-tall pages of one of the world’s rarest books. Learn about the life of John James Audubon. Soar through the 12-year process of creating these masterpieces ...

Meet Melody Boykin, a co-curator of Connecting Threads: Africa Fashion in Chicago and founder of Black Fashion Week | USA. Connecting Threads: Africa Fashion in Chicago connects global traditions with ...

Imagine what it would feel like to stand next to a T. rex. Ponder what flowers smelled like 30 million years ago. See what inspiration you'll find and start turning your ideas into poetry with Eric ...

The A. Watson Armour III Seminar Series is a weekly seminar highlighting the research of science professionals across a broad spectrum of scientific interests, disciplines, and lived experiences. This ...

Field Museum members get special access to Pokémon Fossil Museum, including complimentary exhibition tickets and early preview opportunities before the exhibition opens to the public. Below you will ...

Field Museum scientist Luis Muro Ynoñán with the carving of a mythological bird creature in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas. Photo by the Ucupe Cultural Landscape Archaeological Project A team of ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It’s the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today— are dinosaurs. And while the first ...

Schematic showing a subset of the animals that were investigated as part of the study, with warm-blooded animals in orange and cold-blooded in blue. From left to right: Plesiosaurus, Stegosaurus, ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

In 1621, the Wampanoag Indians and the colonists of Plymouth shared a feast that, today, is widely viewed as the very first Thanksgiving in the colonies of America. This three-day long fall festival ...