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The American Museum of Natural History Announces the Recipient of the 2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Director Adam Isenberg for his film A Life Without Words (Una Vida Sin Palabras) December 2, 2012 Our Global Kitchen In the new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, the American Museum of Natural History explores the complex and... November 17, 2012 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival Themed Whose Story is It?, the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival—the preeminent showcase for contemporary cultural storytelling—will... October 23, 2012 Duck-bill Dinosaurs Had Complex Plant-pulverizing Teeth New biomechanical study is the first to reveal material properties from fossilized teeth October 4, 2012 New Book Highlights Rare Scientific Works Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library features 40 essays on illustrated... October 2, 2012 Eyeless Australian Fish Have Closest Relatives in Madagascar Researchers are first to show ancient trans-oceanic relationship for vertebrate cave animals August 29, 2012 Oldest Occurrence of Arthropods Preserved in Amber Newly discovered fly, mite specimens are 100 million years older than previous amber inclusions August 27, 2012 Study Highlights Many Paths to Ocean Health New index provides first global assessment combining natural and human mentions of sustanability August 15, 2012 Spiders Alive! Exhibition explores the fascinating and complex world of spiders. July 28, 2012 International Regulation Curbs Illegal Trade of Caviar DNA testing of retail black caviar indicates trade policy can help reduce incidence of mislabeling. July 25, 2012 New Species of Ancient Rodents Hint at What Could be World's Oldest Grasslands Analysis of fossilized teeth indicate early open, dry environment in Chilean Andes. July 23, 2012 How To Build A Middleweight Black Hole New model for intermediate black hole formation parallels growth of giant planets. July 19, 2012