by Katie Bowell, Curator of Interpretation
The Sonic hedgehog gene is responsible for polydactylism in Hemingway cats. Obviously.
America’s oldest known wild bird is a new mama!
John C.H. Grabill’s beautiful and poignant photographs of the American West are now available to the public.
Think you can write a hexapod (6-legged animal) haiku? You have until March 20th to submit you entry to NC State University’s Insect Museum!
New archaeological sites being found using Google Earth.
I wish this Carl Sagan Astronom O’s cereal was real.
A new henge has been found next to Stonehenge.
A beautiful article on the origins of animals.
It turns out, a child couldn’t have painted that.
A 10,000 year-old human skull and mastodon remains were found in an underwater cave.
Excavating a giant anthill.
The harvester ant colonies we have in Colorado look pretty impressive, too.
The physics of prune-y fingers.
What if you could live in a museum?




