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News Posts New Exhibits Bring Aquatic Worlds to Discovery Room Visitors can explore the ecology of coral reefs and the marine inhabitants of New York’s East River. February 6, 2020 News Posts The Colorful Ruby-throated Hummingbird These pollinators use their green feathers for one purpose, and bright red feathers for another. February 4, 2020 News Posts Great Canoe Relocates to Northwest Coast Hall Iconic Museum exhibit was moved from Grand Gallery to the Northwest Coast Hall as part of a major restoration project. January 31, 2020 News Posts This Month at the Museum Celebrate polar bears, explore climate change activism after hours, and learn how smartphones affect our brains. January 31, 2020 News Posts Solar System Neighbors, With Different Fates Earth and Venus are made of the same stuff. Why is Venus uninhabitable? January 24, 2020 News Posts Charles Hayden and How NYC Got Its Planetarium Charles Hayden's gift to the Museum went towards the creation of a Copernican exhibit and a state-of-the-art Zeiss projector. January 13, 2020 Research posts Cracking the Three-body Problem with Chaos A proposed statistical solution allows scientists to precisely calculate probable outcomes for three-body systems. January 8, 2020 News Posts Museum Research Library Launches Major Archival Initiative The three-year project will expand access to an archive documenting the Museum’s first 100 years. January 6, 2020 Research posts Latest Ape from Europe Moved Unlike Any Primate Alive Today New research from Museum scientists found that an ancient ape from Europe was likely a climber. December 23, 2019 News Posts Saturn’s Rings Reveal How Our Solar System Formed Images taken by the Cassini spacecraft show us Saturn’s rings are a nursery for new worlds. December 19, 2019 News Posts What to See at the American Museum of Natural History This Holiday Season From butterflies to tyrannosaurs, there’s something for everyone at the Museum this time of year. December 13, 2019 Research posts Mystery Marine Organism Identified as Giant Sea Anemone Relicanthus daphneae’s stinging capsules led researchers to determine that it belonged within its own suborder of Actiniaria. December 12, 2019