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Predicting the Future With Plants
Published01/22/2020 , By Eve Daniels
What do a rare coconut from the Seychelles and a 100-year-old wildflower from Minnesota have in common? This might sound like the setup to a bad botany joke, but there’s a serious connection between them. Found on only two islands in the world, the endangered double coconut is currently threatened… -
Minnesota Skies: January 2020
Published12/18/2019 , By Deane Morrison, Thaddeus LaCoursiere & Sarah Komperud
Set against the cold morning sky, the warm red of Mars and its stellar counterpart Antares lends a note of cheer to the January darkness. -
Like a Duck to Water
Published12/17/2019 , By Eve Daniels
Sushma Reddy’s earliest, most vivid memory with birds wasn’t in a tropical rainforest or a remote mountain range. It was in New York City. As she was finishing her undergraduate studies in environmental science at Barnard College, Reddy landed an internship at the American Museum of Natural History, which is… -
Conserving Audubon’s ‘Birds’
Published , By Don Luce
No single person better represents the integration of science, art, and nature than John James Audubon (1785-1851). Read more about the eccentric genius behind Birds of America. -
Minnesota Skies: December 2019
Published11/25/2019 , By Deane Morrison, Thaddeus LaCoursiere & Sarah Komperud
Fall back and find out what you can see this month: both the morning and evening skies get an infusion of new planets. -
A Curious Gift Guide
Published11/20/2019 , By Gretchen Zampogna
Explore a curated collection of unique gift specimens for the science geek, nature nut, and space case in your life. Member bonus: Get 20 percent off December 14–22! -
2019-20 Showcase Artist Michael Wilson
Published11/08/2019 , By Michael Wilson
As an Anishinaabe person, I have spent a great deal of time involved in seasonal harvesting and have been educated in our own relationship based school of science. For example, nets are set after the spring frogs are heard, an observed signal that the ambient temperature is rising and frogs… -
Going to Bat for Biodiversity
Published10/31/2019 , By Eve Daniels
Curator Sharon Jansa sees the mammals collection as a window into understanding past biodiversity & how we can shape and approach the future. -
Minnesota Skies: November 2019
Published10/30/2019 , By Deane Morrison, Thaddeus LaCoursiere & Sarah Komperud
Fall back and find out what you can see this month: both the morning and evening skies get an infusion of new planets. -
2019 Report to the Community
Published10/18/2019 , By Denise Young & Brian Buhr
Friends, When Minnesota legislators called for a state museum of natural history in 1872, they proved their smart and innovative thinking about the enduring role of nature to our wellbeing as a people and a state. Our research is at the forefront of describing and explaining environmental change and biodiversity,…