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News & Blogs

  • Two children look through binoculars.

    September at the Museum

    08/31/2017

  • A white dwarf, the bright object within a disk on the left, sucks matter from its companion star, on the right.

    Researchers Recover an Ancient Nova

    08/30/2017

  • An artist rendering of the Voyager space craft flies through the dark and starry sky, with the museum's podcast logo overlaid on top

    Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carolyn Porco on Voyager and Space Exploration

    08/24/2017

  • Kelly wears a headlamp and sits on the ground in a cave, holding a small bat in a gloved hand.

    Fast-flying Bats Are Split by Ocean Channel

    08/28/2017

  • Dragonfly balances on a tiny branch.

    Flying Phenoms

    08/23/2017

  • fire show at festival

    2017 Margaret Mead Film Festival: Activate

    08/15/2017

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Animals of Cuba: Creatures Great and Small

Animals of Cuba: Creatures Great and Small

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by AMNH on 01/27/2017 03:56 pm

Evolving on an island can make animals very large, or very little. Cuba is home to some amazing examples of the "island rule."

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