Reassembling broken pottery from archaeological excavations is a periodic feature of an object conservator's professional life. In past times pots have been reassembled with adhesives (such as ...

Bryophytes are important components of the vegetation in many regions of the world, constituting a major part of the biodiversity in moist forest, wetland, mountain and tundra ecosystems throughout ...

Sons of famous naturalist President Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt inherited their father’s love for nature and conservationist attitude. Over the course of two expeditions through ...

Museum field research throughout the world is making an impact on the conservation of our global cultural heritage. The museum's long-term research programs are encouraging the creation of ...

X-rays can pass through many materials, and different materials block ('attenuate') the passage of X-rays to different degrees. As X-rays pass through an object, X-rays of a particular wavelength are ...

On select Tuesday evenings, experience the Museum after hours with $5-off admission after 5pm.

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP) is a powerful technique of chemical characterization capable of simultaneously measuring up to 50 different elements, including trace elements, ...

Frank Robb—widely known as “Alligator Robb”—is a renowned wildlife and crocodilian expert from Florida’s Space Coast. He serves as President of Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and ...

For requesting loans, please contact the Insect Collection Administrative Team, [email protected]. This policy is also available as a PDF.

The Field Museum’s rapid inventory team spotlights the biological and cultural assets of the world’s richest landscapes to spur equitable and effective conservation. Field Museum rapid inventories ...

Dr. Charles F. Millspaugh became the first appointee to the scientific staff as the curator of botany. He was a physician by training but an avid botanist and naturalist who published a classical work ...

Heaney, et al. 2011. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences, 2: 25. Type Locality: Barangay Salasa, Mt. Tapulao, Palauig Municipality, Zambales Province, Luzon Island ...