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Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the woolly mammoth?

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal Biosciences — an American for-profit de-extinction startup headed by geneticists George Church and Beth Shapiro — announced two major…

The Conversation

Largest ever chunk of Mars which fell to Earth in meteor strike goes up for auction

The sale of the meteorite in New York later this month could break records

The Independent UK

Jewels sparkle like stars in Van Cleef and Arpels' 'Cosmic Splendor' at NYC's American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a new space gems exhibit, courtesy of luxury jewel Van Cleef and Arpels.

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Manhattanhenge 2025: When, where and how to see New York's iconic sunset phenomenon tonight

The 2025 Manhattanhenge season starts today with the half sun visible on the New York grid.

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The First Colored Eggs Appeared Long Before Easter

The dinosaur ancestors of birds laid blue, brown, and speckled eggs as far back as 150 million years ago.

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Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds

Researchers found that most birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent – meaning they absorb light through their bodies

The Guardian - UK

Most expensive dinosaur skeleton ever now on display in New York City

'Apex,' one of the most complete stegosaurus fossils ever found, is on display at the American Museum of Natural History.

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Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here's what scientists hope to learn about it

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend

The Independent UK

World’s most expensive dinosaur fossil unveiled at New York’s Natural History Museum

The world’s most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction will be exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the museum announced on Thursday, 5 December.

The Independent UK

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back

Native American artifacts have remained out of public view but still very much in the hands of some of the nation’s largest museums some six months after institutions closed and covered exhibits in response to new federal regulations

The Independent UK

‘Given hip-hop’s roots in New York, the chance to tell this story in this city is very special’

The American Museum of Natural History plays a blinder with ‘Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry’, a cultural trip through jewellery design

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New York museum to close halls featuring Native American artifacts

Move is in response to recently updated federal law requiring consent from Indigenous peoples to display their objects

The Guardian - US

Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's 'Secret World of Elephants'

A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and remarkable lives of these huge (and sometimes dwarf) pachyderms.

LiveScience

NY natural history museum changing how it looks after thousands of human remains in collection

The American Museum of Natural History says it is pulling all human remains from public display and will revamp how it maintains its collection of body parts with the aim of eventually repatriating as much as it can and respectfully holding what it can’t

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New Yorkers baffled by tiny flying bugs swarming city in wake of smoke

Insects appear to have arrived along with smoke from Canadian wildfires though their species is yet to be determined

LiveScience

New York's first dinosaur museum was trashed before it even opened. The culprit is not who we thought.

The crime, which had been attributed to a rogue politician called "Boss" Tweed, was likely orchestrated by an "eccentric and destructive" man with an obsession for white paint.

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Butterflies originated in North America after splitting from moths, new study suggests

Butterflies likely split from nocturnal moths around 100 million years ago in present-day western North America or Central America, a new study of the winged insects finds.

The Independent UK

Ants march, whales swoop in Museum of Natural History update

The American Museum of Natural History in New York will soon open its massive new building, complete with live insects and swooping architecture

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