American Museum of Natural History

Butterflies Arrive At American Museum Of Natural History

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York


Since first opening at the American Museum of Natural History in 1998, the Butterfly Conservatory has been cherished by millions of children and adult...

Adapt We Must: What the Dinosaurs Can Teach Us About Current Challenges

Ellen Futter | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York


Ellen Futter

If today, after many years of "business as usual," our society, our systems, and our institutions are all undergoing a kind of evolutionary burst, then how do we ensure that it yields change for the better?

Endangered Species' DNA To Be Stored At Natural History Museum

AP | Verena Dobnik | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not your average library collection: Bits of scorpions and snakes. Tissue from jaguars. Leeches from a hippopotamus. Officials ...