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Take a look at some unusual living and extinct mammals.
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Explore how mammals run, fly, swim, walk, hop, and swing!
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How do mammals move? Make flipbooks to see six different mammals in action.
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Explore mammal teeth with this matching game and coloring book.
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The largest mammal at the Museum is interviewed by the largest dinosaur
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Bring six North American mammals to life with this coloring book.
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How do mammals respond to cold water? Take the plunge into icy water and find out.
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Even though this whale of a whale weighs many tons, the humpback whale can make acrobatic leaps out of the water!
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Although extinct today, this gopher-sized mammal thrived during the Mesozoic Era for about two million years.
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As a kid, John Flynn had a rock collection and made lots of trips with his family and school to the American Museum o...
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The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Some people believe that elephants feel joy and s...
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The Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," is one of the most beautiful mammals in the world.
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If you watched an American black bear lumbering through the forest, you might not notice anything unusual about how i...
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Many mammals run and walk. Some hop, swim, and even glide from trees.
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The red kangaroo is an amazing mammal. With its powerful hind legs and long tail, it can leap up to 45 feet (13.5 m)...
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. It means the opportunity to find lost things--from bones and teeth to pirate trea...
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In 1997, Dolly rocked the world of genetics. Not baaaa'd for a little lamb from Scotland. What was the big deal? She...
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A dinosaur book led to this paleontologist's lifelong fascination with fossils.
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In the 1920s, the first team of Museum paleontologists trekked to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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The king cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. Whether slithering on land, climbing trees, or swimming, i...
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The American crocodile has lived on Earth for millions of years, but today their numbers are rapidly declining becaus...
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This mighty member of the cat family is a powerful predator. It can leap up to 30 feet in the air, climb trees, and e...
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Located in the Gobi Desert, this is a fossil "hot spot" for Museum paleontologists. 
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With its furry coat, friendly face, and playful nature, the sea otter is perhaps one of the most endearing animals in...
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California sea lions are playful, intelligent, and fast—in and out of water. Their large flippers enable them to leap...
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Flashback to 80 million years ago in the Gobi Desert. Deltatheridium scurried among dinosaurs.
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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.
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Manatees were once mistaken for mermaids. In fact, manatees are part of a small group of marine mammals known as &quo...
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Polar bears are the top predator of the icy Arctic. But these large, furry white mammals have to work hard for their...
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On the dry grasslands of eastern Africa, the Thomson's gazelle grazes in the tall grass. Suddenly, it hears a noise a...
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There are more than 250 kinds of vipers, a family of poisonous snakes. The largest of all is the gabon viper.
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Hundreds of years ago, European sailors placed carved mermaids on the front of their ships as figureheads and told ta...
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Every summer, Museum paleontologists join Mongolian scientists to hunt for fossils. 
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Ornithologists, or scientists who study birds, want to prevent the forests of the Pacific Northwest from being choppe...
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The electric eel is long and narrow like an eel, but it is actually not an eel at all. In fact, electric eels are pro...
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Happy. Angry. Sad. Emotions, or feelings, tell you if something is important to you. They also tell you what your bod...
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The Sumatran tiger is found in only one place on the Earth -- on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Fewer than 500 o...
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Earth was a very different place at the beginning of the Triassic. All of Earth's continents were combined into one s...
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Most mammals that live on land use their legs to get around. But the white-handed gibbon relies mostly on its arms. U...
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It's no fluke that Howard Rosenbaum is wild about whales -- especially the endangered right whales and humpback whales.
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Animals swim, walk, crawl, slither, squirm, and even fly through the air. They can catch free rides by attaching them...
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Bubbling hot springs. Antarctic ice. Deep ocean trenches. The Himalayan peaks. Few organisms can live in any of these...
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What animal bones did early humans used to build huts? Take a guess!
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Most living things need oxygen to survive. Oxygen helps organisms grow, reproduce, and turn food into energy. Humans...
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For Steve Quinn, art and science have always gone hand-in-hand. As a kid, he liked to draw and make clay models of di...
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Mongolia is a large country in the middle of Asia. Its Gobi Desert is a fossil "gold mine" for paleont...
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This real-life "Indiana Jones" led the first AMNH expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.
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Learn about the diagrams scientists use to organize all the groups of living things.
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This prehistoric relative of living ducks had a long neck, tall legs, webbed feet, and a duck-like head.
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The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth.
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This extinct bird weighed over 330 pounds and had heavy legs and tiny wings. 
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Compared to other titanosaurs, Gondwanatitan was a peewee at only about 7.5 meters (25 feet) long. 
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Explore this family tree of living things on Earth.
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This is one of the oldest known dinosaurs!
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Because of the diamond-shaped plates on its back, Stegosaurus was given a name that means "roof lizard." 
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Dug up in the Alxa Desert in China, this is the oldest and most complete therizinosaur ever found.
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This theropod belonged to a group called ornithomimids, also called "ostrich-mimics." 
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As you can tell from its body plates and tail spikes, this dinosaur is related to Stegosaurus. 
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This horned dinosaur had two long spikes on the back of its frill, the bony extension behind its skull.
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This plant-eating dinosaur was an ornithopod, as are duck-bill dinosaurs. 
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With its bird-like features, this animal was mistaken for a giant bird for a while.
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The giant squid is the largest invertebrate, or animal without a backbone, ever to have lived on Earth! 
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The Komodo dragon lumbers through the forest on its thick, stocky legs. It sways its head back and forth, flicking it...
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Its brow horns and snout horn inspired this dinosaur's name, which means "three-horned face."
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Oviraptor was a bizarre-looking, toothless dinosaur. 
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His love of natural sciences and extreme camping led this scientist to paleontology.
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Psittacosaurus is one of the oldest and most primitive ceratopians ever found!
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Museum scientists made a surprising discovery in the Gobi Desert: an egg that contained the remains of a tiny dinosau...
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Paleontologists uncovered this just-hatched Protoceratops in 1997 at Ukhaa Tolgod.
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That toothy grin might make you think this is a crocodile or an alligator. But the Yacaré caiman is neither. Caimans...
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Take a peek inside two paleontologists' scrapbook.
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This rare lizard lived in the Gobi Desert about 80 million years ago. 
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At age 10, George Barrowclough began bird watching with his dad. He pursued his interest in birds by becoming an orni...
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Growing up, Joel Cracraft loved reading travel and adventure books. In high school, he became interested in ornitholo...
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This famous long-necked, long-tailed wonder belongs to a group called "sauropods." 
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Many famous dinosaurs, such as T. rex and Triceratops, first appeared in the Cretaceous Period.
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Archaeologists use many kinds of tools when they excavate, from large shovels to toothbrushes. But the trowel is thei...
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Many artifacts at the American Museum of Natural History will spend time in the Conservation Lab, the Museum's hospit...
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The name Jurassic conjures images of tremendous dinosaurs roaming the Earth.
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One look at Redondasaurus, and you might think it's a crocodile. After all, it has a similar long, armored body, with...
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To try to piece together how organisms are related, scientists use cladistics.
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This large dark bird is unmistakable soaring in the air along the coast.
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The snowy egret is a beautiful sight. An adult egret is distinguished by its dark slender beak, long black legs, and...
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Many people have seen the beautiful spiral triton trumpet shell. Unfortunately, most people can see these brown and w...
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The leatherback is the world's largest turtle. Unlike the bony exterior of other sea turtles, the exterior of the lea...
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Cassava is one tough plant because it can grow in poor and unfertile soil in most tropical environments. Cassava is a...
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Dinoflagellates are tiny, one-celled organisms that live in oceans and freshwater ponds, rivers, and streams. Some di...
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Giant puffballs aren't your typical mushrooms.
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Most people know red and black spotted ladybird beetles as friendly insects that are fun to pick up and watch fly awa...
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If you looked at the contents of a vacuum cleaner bag with a microscope, you'd probably find millions of tiny creatur...
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You might think that all mosquitoes are alike, but did you know that there are actually about 2,500 different kinds?...
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Although the rosy periwinkle stands only one foot tall, in the world of medicine it's a giant.
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This beautiful tortoise lives in the deserts of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. This reptile gets its...
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A rotting log is a mighty tasty meal -- if you're a termite. Termites not only eat wood, some kinds live in it, too....
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Vietnam is a country of amazing biodiversity, including many rare and unusual species. One fascinating example is the...
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For centuries, orange roughy went mostly unnoticed by humans. These fish thrived in the dark, the cold, and the inten...
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Tipping the scales at more than 7 pounds, the Goliath is the largest frog in the world. Just two of these frogs weigh...
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It only seems like the world's entire ant population attends your picnics.
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Are these rare and colorful creatures flowering plants or animals?
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With their white bellies and dark backs, dolphins can be found jumping above the water, swimming alongside fishing sh...
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The St. Vincent parrot makes its home on the tropical island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. These parrots are cover...
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The hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in North America.
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The mountain gorilla lives high up in the forests of east central Africa.
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Have you ever seen pond scum -- that thick, smelly layer of slime floating on the surface of the water? That's probab...
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Based on fossils of ancient dragonflies, we know these winged insects have been soaring around for at least 300 milli...
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Think of giant kelp as the Godzilla of the seaweeds.
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The Portuguese man-of-war is actually a floating colony of individuals called polyps that are all dependent on each o...
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California condors are the largest birds in North America. Like all vultures, condors are carrion-eaters. This means...
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New Caledonia, a tiny island east of Australia, is the only place where an unusual bird called the kagu is found. Abo...
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbon...
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Some exotic creatures lurk in the polar seas, but perhaps none is more bizarre than the giant sea spider.
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It's easy to see how the starfish got its name -- with their pointed arms, these creatures look like stars fallen to...
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The whooping crane is known as the tallest bird in North America. This long legged creature has been struggling to su...
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Not all spiders spin webs to catch their meals. When night falls in Australia, the white-tailed spider hunts its prey...