Museum Research News
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Fiber Optic Cables can Measure Cicada Chatter
Study finds that high-speed internet cables could be a cost-effective tool in tracking cicada emergence.
November 30, 2023
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New Mosasaur Is A Link Between Iconic Species
Named for Norse sea serpent, Jormungandr walhallaensis has transitional traits that aid understanding of mosasaur evolution.
October 30, 2023
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Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Skull of Extinct Great Ape
Modeling skull of the 12-million-year-old Pierolapithecus catalaunicus helps place species within hominin family tree.
October 17, 2023
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Record-Setting Bug’s Diet Makes it a Super Vector for Plant Disease
New study confirms that the meadow spittlebug feeds on 1,300 plants. The problem: it carries bacteria that are fatal to crops.
October 4, 2023
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Study Confirms Two Sea Star Species are Crossbreeding in the Wild
Sea star hybrids are thriving, from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, with implications for ecosystems in warming waters.
September 21, 2023
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Mimicry of Toxic Species May Encourage Predation in Long Run, Study Suggests
Batesian mimicry may create a feedback loop that drives predation and mimicry, new study co-authored by Museum student finds.
July 28, 2023
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Dinosaur Ancestor’s Bony Plates Show Boomerang Trait
A newly described 235-million-year-old archosaur had armored plates, a characteristic dinosaurs lost and regained.
July 26, 2023
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Apex Predator of the Cambrian Likely Had a Soft Diet
Biomechanical research reveals that Anomalocaris canadensis wasn’t strong enough to crack trilobite shells as once thought.
July 5, 2023
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New Species of Extinct Bat Described From Oldest Bat Skeletons
Researchers found that 52-million-year fossils recovered from Wyoming’s Green River Formation represented a new species.
April 12, 2023
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Worldwide Collections Database Maps 1 Billion Objects
Initiative surveyed natural history museum collections in 73 museums as part of new approach to a global collection.
March 23, 2023
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Ancient “Marsupial Sabertooth” Likely Saw in 3D
New study examines how Thylacosmilus, an extinct mammal with eyes positioned like a cow’s, managed to see in 3D anyway.
March 21, 2023
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New Atlas of Insect Respiratory Systems Produced Using CT Scanning
Insect tracheal systems, which are too delicate to dissect and challenging to study, were mapped using micro-CT scanning of 29 species.
March 17, 2023