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The strange, soothing art of insect taxidermy (and where to learn it in Chicago)
From beetle-pinning classes to possum yoga, the Insect Asylum offers citydwellers a place to commune with nature.
False bomb threat prompts staff evacuation, late opening for Field Museum
The museum's opening was delayed until noon Tuesday because of the threat, but it was open as usual through the afternoon.
Shelter cats bring smiles to kids at Field Museum
The exhibit, which opened in late November and will run until April 27, highlights the entire feline family tree, from domestic cats commonly found in homes to feared predators like tigers and lions.
Field Museum to host Cat Café for Purr-esidents' Day
The next Cat Café event is coming up from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.​ Admittance is included with museum admission.
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Experts baffled by results of unlikely solution to troubling bird fatalities: 'It was almost miraculous'
"To me, it was almost miraculous," Dave Willard, retired bird division collections manager at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, who has monitored the site since 1982, told Phys.org. 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 ...