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Research and Collections Archives
2004
- Field Museum to Show Massive Triceratops Skull
(Thursday, December 16, 2004)
- Field Museum Brings King Tut Back to Chicago with Show of Treasures from the "Boy King" and Other Egyptian Pharaohs
(Wednesday, December 1, 2004)
- Rare First Edition of Darwin Book to be on Exhibition
(Thursday, November 18, 2004)
- New dates confirm beginnings of civilization in South America
(December 22, 2004)
- Study resolves doubt about origin of Earth's oldest rocks, possibility of finding traces of ancient life
(Thursday, December 16, 2004)
- New method to measure ancient land elevation developed by Field Museum scientist
(Monday, November 29, 2004)
- Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years— Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
(Opens November 13, 2004)
- Snakehead from Lake Michigan on display at Field Museum
(Tuesday, November 2, 2004)
- Field Museum "reuniting" scattered collections from ancient Iraq site
(Monday, October 25, 2004)
- Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
(Opens October 15, 2004)
- New fossil sheds light on old mystery
(Thursday, September 23, 2004)
- Pawnee Earth Lodge Reopens at The Field Museum
(Opens September 14, 2004)
- T. rex owes its giant size to the ultimate teenage growth spurt
(Wednesday, August 11, 2004)
- New Mouse Species Found in the Philippines
(Monday, June 14)
- Field Museum gives prestigious Parker/Gentry Award
to Chinese conservation activist and signs proclamation against dams in China
(Monday, May 17, 2004)
- Peregrine falcons taken off endangered list
(Wednesday, April 7, 2004)
- Splendors of China's Forbidden City:
The Glorious Reign of Emporer Qianlong
(Exhibition opens March 12, 2004)
- Field Museum maps "social assets" of Lake Calumet region
(Thursday, March 11, 2004)
- New book covers complete history, science of infamous lions
(Wednesday, January 21, 2004)
2003
- Scientist challenges interpretation of new find, the oldest primate fossil ever discovered
(Wednesday, December 31, 2003)
- Field Museum to return human remains to Native American tribe
(Wednesday, October 1, 2003)
- Field Museum gives prestigious Parker/Gentry Award to Tanzanian anti-poaching activist
(Wednesday, September 24, 2003)
- Field Museum Archaeologists discover tomb under Zapotec residential complex in Oaxaca, Mexico
(Tuesday, August 19, 2003)
- 19th century museum specimens help plan reintroduction of endangered tiger beetle
(Monday, June 30, 2003)
- Field Museum awarded $5.25 million for community-based conservation in Peru
(Friday, June 13, 2003)
- Scientists find America’s oldest image of a deity
(Monday, April 14, 2003)
- Scientists debate meaning of 40-million-year-old primate fossils in Nature
(Wednesday, March 26, 2003)
- Field Museum researchers help trace origin of Madagascar’s mammals
(Wednesday, February 12, 2003)
- Researchers discover insect breathing mechanism
(Thursday, January 23, 2003)
2002
- Field Museum plays key role in massive project to map Tree of Life
(Friday, November 1, 2002)
- Unique feeding behavior discovered for snakes
(Wednesday, July 10, 2002)
- Turning off building lights reduces bird window-kill by 83%
(Wednesday, May 8, 2002)
- Scientists push back primate origins from 65 million to 85 million years ago
(Wednesday, April 17, 2002)
- Unique social system found in Tsavo lions
(Wednesday, April 10, 2002)
- New dinosaur related to Triceratops
Field Museum paleontologist helps analyze fossils
(Wednesday, March 20, 2002)
- New species clarifies bird-dinosaur link
Field Museum paleontologist helps analyze fossil
(Wednesday, February 13, 2002)
- New ecological reserve creates model for indigenous, science-based stewardship of land
(Friday, February 1, 2002)
- Bhutan delegation to sign conservation agreement at Field Museum Jan. 22
(Friday, January 18, 2002)
2001
- Museums, zoos, botanic gardens must play a bigger role in conservation, says Science essay
(Friday, December 7, 2001)
- Explore the Early History, Culture of Japan At a Field Museum Lecture
(Friday, November 16, 2001)
- Becoming Human and Beyond Conference
(Wednesday, October 17, 2001)
- Building Cultural Alliances in Chicago
(Tuesday, October 2, 2001)
- Field Museum’s New Dinosaur Expert Publishes Findings in Nature
(Sept 5, 2001)
- Field Museum Plays Vital Role In Creation of Huge New Park
(Friday, June 1, 2001)
- Anthropologists Establish Date and Importance of the Americas’ Oldest City
(Thursday, April 26, 2001)
- Scientist Challenges Legend About Man-Eating Lions
(February 7, 2001)
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