Sixty years ago today, E. B. White's Charlotte’s Web was published. Find out the connection between this beloved childhood favorite and the American Museum of Natural History, here.

Hundreds of thousands of New York City schoolchildren will enjoy free visits to the Museum for years to come thanks in large part to a $10 million gift from the Richard S. and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation. 

A new book released today introduces natural science and art lovers alike to a selection of seldom seen and beautifully illustrated scientific works from the Museum’s Rare Book Collection. 

Kick off the new season of SciCafe, the Museum's popular first-Wednesdays series featuring science, cocktails, and conversation, on October 3 with paleontologist Michael J. Novacek. 

Dr. Novacek, who is also the Museum's Provost of Science, will discuss why and how we should create a comprehensive inventory of species, understand the evolutionary relationships of the major branches of life, and probe the connections between the genome and the more external traits of organisms that their genomes influence.  

The landscape of human language is complex, and tracing the origins of the 7,000 known modern languages has been a significant challenge for scientists. An analysis by a researcher at the University of Auckland in New Zealand points to a familiar place: Africa, the birthplace of our species.

This fall, examine the biology of language in a five-part adult course, the Sackler Brain Bench program "Is Your Brain Wired For Language?"