Black History Month

Akiko Shinya holds a pick hammer and stands in a grassy area with badlands in the background.

Working in Paleontology: Inspiration and Advice

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Akiko Shinya on a prospecting trip in the Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. She and the team found several dinosaurs, including an ankylosaur. (This was during the August 2017 solar eclipse event, hence why Akiko’s holding eclipse glasses!)

A vertebra bone that has iridescent rainbow coloring on one side.

Working in Paleontology: An Introduction to the Collections

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A composite image of four people who work in paleontology at the Field Museum: Az Klymiuk, Pia Viglietti, Adrienne Stroup, and Akiko Shinya.

Working in Paleontology: Projects, Studies, and Interests

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2020 Year in Review

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Image for 2020 Year in Review

A man sits on the ground in front of the Field Museum's south steps.

Why I Ride My Bike 30 Miles to Work

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A series of six painted iguanas in different colors and stages of the process.

Fact and Fiction About Watercolor

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#StayHome #WithMe & stay well!

Molly Butler crouches in the grass near three Galapagos giant tortoises.

Following Darwin to the Galápagos

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Molly Butler at the Rancho Primicias Giant Tortoise Reserve on Santa Cruz island in the Galápagos.

Carl Cotton, holding a paintbrush, sits at a table with various art supplies and a large model of a turtle.

Finding Carl Cotton

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The Field Museum

What Native Staff Are Reflecting On During Native American Heritage Month

A lake surrounded by tall pine trees with a snow-capped mountain range in the background. The sky is blue with large fluffy white clouds.

Out of Office, Into Nature

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A group gathers at the corner of a diorama case. One man sits a desk with a typerwriter. He looks up to a family of three standing over him. The man in the middle stands with arms around the other two individuals. Both are smiling down at the man seated at the desk. A black box with a glass front holds a rock specimen and is propped up against the leg of the desk.

Poetry Pop-Up

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Finding the Poetry in Natural History

A Year in Review and a Look to the Future

A small crocodile mummy wrapped in brown cloth with the eyes drawn on, and other similar bundles in the background

Animal Mummies for Sale in Ancient Egypt

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Two women wearing headlamps peer into the mouth of a large taxidermy elephant

Q&A with a Conservator on the Complex History of Ivory

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Conservators Eugenie Milroy (left) and Stephanie Hornbeck examine the teeth and tusks of one of the Akeley elephants in the Field Museum's Stanley Field Hall

Two women wearing green shirts reaching into large blue recycling bins

No Napkin Left Behind: Why Zero Waste Matters

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, Bright Beat

A man holding the upper jaw of a very large animal, with long pointed teeth. The man is kneeling on the floor in between two rows of shelves that hold other fossils

Q&A with a Fossil Mammals Curator

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Black and white photograph of a woman in a floral dress with a large bird on her hand, and a small child smiling and standing at her side

Beautiful Strangers: Stories of People and Collections

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© The Field Museum, Z78636.

Collage of photos showing people out in in different environments: a woman using a net in a stream, two people inspecting trees in a forest, a man climbing out of a plane, and people holding lanterns

Protecting Our Planet: A Letter to Our Community

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Recycling at the Field

Woman sitting at a table in a lab, holding a marker and writing on something small

Women in Science and Art: Rebecca Banasiak, Mammals Collections Assistant and Preparator

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Numbering small skeletal specimens that will be installed into the main mammals collection.

A woman holding an electric hand tool and a painter's brush, leaning over a large mass of dirt with bones protruding from it

Women in Science: Akiko Shinya, Fossil Preparator

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A woman smiling at the camera, standing in a green field with mountains in the background

Women in Science: Corrie Moreau, Evolutionary Biologist and Entomologist

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Collecting ants in the Chiricahua desert in Arizona as part of a field course Corrie helps teach each summer.

Two photos side-by-side: A women sitting in front of a large drill, and a bowl with a gold bracket attached to it, for display

What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Dinosaur

Women in Art: Ann Prazer, Mountmaker

Woman wearing a baseball cap and blue shirt in a rainforest-like setting, holding a large rock

Women in Science: Corine Vriesendorp, Conservation Ecologist

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Facts Matter at The Field Museum

A Commitment to Curiosity

How Our Fossil Prep Lab Helped Fight Real-Life Crime

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Using a water-cooled rock saw to cut rhino horn for a special request.

Four people signing documents, three of them wearing traditional Haida straw hats

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Working in Paleontology: Inspiration and Advice

Working in Paleontology: An Introduction to the Collections

Working in Paleontology: Projects, Studies, and Interests

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