Tag: Field Museum
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Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction Took Ten Times Longer on Land Than in the Water
SciTechDaily has a story about the Permian Mass Extinction. The worst mass extinction in Earth’s history, the Permian Mass Extinction happened about 252 million years ago. Researchers at the Field Museum in Chicago looked at the rate of extinction on land to see if it matched what is seen in the oceans. They found the…
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All Dinosaurs Considered: Looking Back at Prehistoric Illinois
NPR’s All Things Considered The 21st Show has a look back at prehistoric Illinois. They interview Paleontologists Joe Devera, Senior Paleontologist at the Illinois State Geological Survey and Jingmai O’Connor, Vertebrate Paleontologist and associate curator of Fossil Reptiles at the Field Museum in Chicago about what might Illinois looked like during the time of the…
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TheOnion: Chicago Field Museum Director Uses Titanosaur Skull To Hold Parking Space In Snow
From The Onion, we have this… Chicago Field Museum Director Uses Titanosaur Skull To Hold Parking Space In Snow https://bit.ly/3cK9hJr
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Field Museum Reopening Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
Opening Saturday, January 23 for exploration See the world’s wonders at the Field Museum. The health of our guests and staff is always our top priority. We welcome you back to safely explore around the world in nearly half a million square feet of open gallery space, right here in Chicago. We will be reopening…
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Growth Rings From Fossil Bones Reveals T. rex Had Huge Growth Spurts, but Other Dinosaurs Grew “Slow and Steady”
SciTechDaily has a story about Tyrannosaurs rex and how it grew. A new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, discusses diverse growth strategies in dinosaurs and how that relates to body size. The paper’s authors include Tom Cullen of the North Carolina Museum of Natural History and Peter Makovicky of…
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Sue the T. Rex gets life-like model to match skeleton
The SunTimes has a piece about a new exhibit at the Field Museum. It’s called “SUE in the Flesh” and features a life size model of SUE with a baby Edmontosaurus in her mouth. For two decades, Sue has drawn dinosaur lovers to the Field Museum so they can catch a glimpse of the largest…
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Mazon Monday #15: Mazon Creek at the Field Museum
This is Mazon Monday post #15. The Field Museum has one of the most extensive collections of Mazon Creek specimens, both flora and fauna. The Field Museum has long been a big part of the study of this locality, with such historical giants as George Langford and Eugene Richardson working there. Currently, Jack Wittry works…
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Mazon Monday #12: Tully: Monster vs Method
This is Mazon Monday post #12. This video by the Field Museum details some of the modern research methods used to study the Tully Monster fossils, and actually many of the other fossils in the FM collection. This research led to the conclusions that you have heard a few years ago… the Tully Monster is…
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PBS Prehistoric Road Trip
June 17, 2020 is the premier of “Prehistoric Road Trip”, which is a new show on PBS. The host is the Field Museum’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent, Emily Grassley. She is also the host of the Youtube channel “The Brain Scoop”. You can find previews and clips on the official web page. Don’t miss it!…
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Take a Virtual Field Trip to the Field Museum with Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Take a virtual field trip to the Field Museum with Mayor Lori Lightfoot! Join Mayor Lightfoot as she explores Chicago’s renowned natural history museum. Explore Native American art and culture, learn about SUE the T. rex, and study the fascinating world of insects. Our next stop is the Field Museum. As you tour the newest…
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Five Little Known Facts About the Field Museum
Mark Alvey, Academic Communications Manager and resident history buff, shares his favorite facts about the Museum. They are obscure, quirky, and all Field Museum—watch now! Our vast collections began in 1893 with the World’s Columbian Exposition and continue to fuel the work of our scholars.
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Field Museum: Founders’ Council Virtual Event: Meet a Scientist Thursday, April 16, 3:30–4:30pm
The Field Museum is having a “Meet a Scientist” event on Thursday, April 16th, at 3:30-4:30 PM. Register and find the details here. Founders’ Council Virtual Event: Meet a ScientistThursday, April 16, 3:30–4:30pm Join us for our second virtual event in the Meet a Scientist series featuring Jim Louderman, Collections Assistant, Gantz Family Collections Center,…
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Final Museum Madness voting for your Field Museum Favorite! @FieldMuseum
The final for the Field Museum Madness bracket is set, It's SUE vs the Fighting African Elephants! Who will win? Vote here by Monday, April 13th at 11:00 PM CDT. Game on! The top two Field Favorites have come down to SUE and the Fighting African Elephants. Both iconic members of our collection would love…
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Field Museum Special Event: Meet a Scientist Thursday, April 9 | 3:30-4:30pm
Founders’ Council Special Event:Meet a Scientist Thursday, April 9 | 3:30-4:30pm We hope this invitation finds you, your family, and friends safe. As a Founders’ Council donor, we are offering you this special opportunity. Join us for our inaugural Meet a Scientist virtual event featuring McCarter Collections Manager of Fossil Vertebrates, Bill Simpson. Bill will share his extraordinary involvement with…
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Museum Madness at the Field @FieldMuseum
If you were missing March Madness, here's you chance to get in on Museum Madness! But hurry… your bracket has to be in tonight! Get up close and personal with some well-known, and other little-known, Field Favorites. Create your brackets for Museum Madness at the Field and then vote for your favorite! After each round…
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Chicago’s Field Museum Has a Dinosaur on the Loose — and She Has a Twitter Account (Video)
Travel and Leisure has a piece on SUE at the FIeld Museum. A bunch a good facts and information plus some of SUE’s recent tours of the museum as it is closed for the next few weeks. Chicago’s Field Museum sent out its very own dinosaur ambassador, SUE, to check on the museum as it…
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The Brain Scoop: Carl Cotton: Chicago’s Original Black Taxidermist
There’s a new episode of “The Brain Scoop” over on Youtube. This one is about a Field Museum taxidermist named Carl Cotton. Carl had a huge impact on taxidermy during his life. There is a new special exhibit which celebrates his contributions. Carl Cotton (1918 – 1971) was the Field Museum’s first African American…
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The Field Museum is fee for Illinois resident for the Month of February 2020 @FieldMuseum
The Field Museum is fee for Illinois resident for the Month of February 2020. Details are here. You can find other free days at that link. Enjoy… the Field Museum is an awesome way to spend an afternoon! The following dates are 2020 free admission days for the museum January 8, 15, 20 (MLK), 22, 29 (Every Wednesday)…
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Favorite Science Museum contest – Field Museum… Please Vote!
Photo courtesy of ©Field Museum We’re excited to announce that the Field Museum has been nominated in the 2020 USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards in the “Favorite science museum in North America” category. From now until Monday, February 17, individuals can vote once daily at this link: https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-science-museum/
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #36: SUE at the Field Museum
As part of the celebration of ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #36. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! SUE had her Grand Opening at the Field Museum on May 17th, 2000. Here is a link to the ESCONI page to document the event. …
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Meteorite Grains Are the Oldest Known Solid Material on Earth
Smithsonian Magazine has an article about some very old dust. Even if you haven’t cleaned lately, it’s highly doubtful the dust around your home is as old as the dust described in a recent paper published in the journal PNAS. The lead author is a curator of meteorites at the Field Museum in Chicago, which…
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480-million-year-old fossils reveal sea lilies’ ancient roots
Phys.org has a story about the origin of crinoids. Tom Guensburg, research associate at the Field Museum in Chicago, is the lead author of a paper in the Journal of Paleontology, that describes Athenacrinus browneri. This new fossil shows evidence that is key to how sea lilies evolved from the earliest known echinoderms, which lived…
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WTTW: Field Museum’s New Meteorite Contains Stardust That Predates the Solar System
WTTW News has a piece about a new meteorite at the Field Museum. The new specimen is a 4-pound chunk of a meteorite that crashed into a Costa Rican village earlier this year. The chunk was purchased by frequent donor Terry Boudreaux, a retired health care executive. The unimpressive looking rock is a rare…
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NBC5: Smell Sue the T. Rex’s Breath at New Field Museum Exhibit
NBC5 has a segment on some new features in SUE exhibit at the Field Museum. You can feel her skin, hear her rumble, even smell her breath… it’s a whole day in the life of a T-rex! What did Sue the T. Rex’s breath smell like back in the day (i.e. the late Cretaceous Period)?…
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Field Museum 6th Annual ID Day – Saturday, September 14, 10AM–2PM
On Saturday, September 14th, 2019, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, join our annual ID Day at the Field Museum—free for Illinois residents. Bring in remnants of the natural world—including clean, dry bones, fossils, rocks, seashells, and photographs of the natural world—to be identified by the Field’s scientists. This year, ID Day will also include a…
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The Brain Scoop: Recommended Reading: 2019!
The Brain Scoop has an episode which highlights some good books. So, if you are looking to read something interesting and science related, these are some really good suggestions! Hi! I’m on the road filming PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP, a 3-part series that will premiere nationally on PBS in 2020! We’ll get back to our…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #17: Stephen J. Gould at the Field Museum
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #17. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! On Thursday, September 14, 2000. ESCONI co-sponsored a Steven J. Gould lecture with the Field Museum. This was a huge event for ESCONI, with…
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Take a historical sip back to the 1893 World Fair with the Field Museum’s new beer
The Chicago Sun Times has a story about the Field Museum’s new beer. Produced in a collaboration with Chicago Brewseum and Temperance Beer, “All the World is Here” is a new beer that is inspired by the World’s Columbian Exposition. The Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893. The Field Museum was founded on…
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PBS Announces a New, National WTTW Series, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip’
WTTW has a post which announces a new 3-part natural history series entitled “Prehistoric Road Trip”. The show is hosted by Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent at the Field Museum in Chicago. Emily is the host and creator of the popular YouTube series “The Brain Scoop“. The show will premier on PBS stations nationwide in…
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Carlton PhD Student: Filling in the Fossil Record
Carlton University in Ottawa, CA has a press release about the PhD student that has been involved in recently describing two new Mazon Creek vertebrates. Earlier this year, Diabloroter bolti (paper) and Infernovenator steenae (paper) were published. The research has been conducted by Arjan Mann, Jason D Pardo, and Hillary C Maddin of the Department…
