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Science Explorations
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Science Explorations is a series of online investigations featuring the latest scientific discoveries of the Museum’s experts. Science Explorations is a collaboration between the Museum and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, created to promote science literacy among students in grades 3 through 10.
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Animal Adaptations
Scientists study animals and their environments to learn about the world’s biodiversity. Find out what Darwin learned during his...
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True Bugs
Scientists study insects by observing them in nature and collecting them for further research. Learn their techniques so you can...
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Space
Explore astronomy, meteorites, the Earth, and the forces that make collisions happen
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Giant Squid
Investigate the mysterious world of the giant squid—the deep sea. This ocean habitat is home to billions of animals, many relying...
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Bats
Explore the diversity of bats, the only mammals that can fly, with these articles and online investigation.
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Squamates
Squamates—legged and legless lizards, including snakes—are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth, found everywhere but the...
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Jade Hunter (Science World)
Jade has been treasured around the world for thousands of years. Travel to Guatemala with an AMNH curator looking for the source...
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Wild Weather Birds (SuperScience)
When AMNH scientist Felicity Arengo heads out to observe flamingos in the wild, she needs far more than sunscreen. Travel with her...
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Planet Protectors
Earth Day is a good time to reflect on the health of our planet. Museum scientists and Science World readers shared their plans to...
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Scorpions: Friend or Foe?
Did you know a scorpion can control how much venom it produces in its stinger? Meet a scientist who's discovered more than 70 species...
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DNA Detective
George Amato, a conservation geneticist at the AMNH, studies natural history and endangered species. But when crime threatens rare...
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Wildlife Detective: A Scientist Cracks Cases of Wildlife Crime
The crime scene: a New York City airport. The suspect: a handbag and shoe importer who claims his products were made from an unprotected...
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Fossil Finds: A Fossil Find Offers Clues About Ancient Earth's Geography
Travel to Seymour Island, Antarctica, with Ross MacPhee, the Museum's curator of the Division of Vertebrate Zoology, as he scours...
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Science World: Mythical Creatures Revealed
From fire-breathing dragons to magical unicorns, take a look at four legendary mythical creatures. Then find out what scientists...
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Secret Species (Science World)
In the 10 years since the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation began working in Vietnam, they have found a small zoo's...
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It Wants to Suck Your Blood! (SuperScience)
Learn how leeches attack from a researcher whose love of these blood-sucking worms takes him from Madagascar's rain forests to Africa's...
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It Wants to Suck Your Blood (Science World)
Did you know that in half an hour a leech can slurp up five times its body weight in blood? Explore these blood-sucking worms and...