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Blog Post December 2018 Programs at the American Museum of Natural History Visit the Museum this month for origami fun-folding sessions, special exhibitions, a Kwanzaa celebration, and more. Blog Post Know Your Ornithischian Dinosaurs Find out which species had a walnut-sized brain, which had webbed feet, and why ornithischian is actually a misnomer. Audio Podcast: SciCafe—Technology Inspired by Nature with Tak-Sing Wong Find out how a carnivorous plant and a hungry cell have inspired new technologies with potentially life-saving applications. Blog Post Thanksgiving Weekend 2018 at the American Museum of Natural History From The Butterfly Conservatory to The Titanosaur, here are the must-see exhibits at the Museum the weekend after Thanksgiving. Blog Post Ancient DNA Reveals Extinct Jamaican Monkey Related to South American Species New research from Museum scientists found that Xenothrix mcgregori was most closely related to South America’s titi monkeys. Blog Post How Museum Scientists Help Urban Bees Stay Healthy Museum entomologists’ survey of bees on the High Line helps park gardeners preserve nesting spots and create new ones. Blog Post Exploring the Extinction of Megafauna What happened to the world’s largest—and strangest—animals? Blog Post Within Ape Species, Varied Skull Shapes Reflect Genetic History By analyzing ape genetics and skull shapes, a new study by Museum researchers found an evolutionary pattern that could aid th... Blog Post November 2018 Programs at the American Museum of Natural History It’s all about family time this month, including a festival for Day of the Dead and origami fun folding sessions. Blog Post Dinosaurs Had Colored Eggs, New Study Shows Researchers find the first evidence of colored eggs in eggshell samples belonging to Eumaniraptoran dinosaurs. Audio Podcast: SciCafe—The Milky Way as You’ve Never Seen It Before with Jackie Faherty Fly through the galaxy using new data from the Gaia telescope. Blog Post Bees at the Museum The Museum’s renowned collection of bees and wasps is one of the most diverse in the world.