Archaeologists upload the history of North America’s oldest colonial city
The city of St. Augustine, Florida, has the distinction of being continuously occupied longer than any other European settlement in…
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Scientists lay out what we do and don’t yet know about moths and butterflies
Key points Scientists have published a broad review of what they’ve learned about moths and butterflies over the last few…
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Vertebrate paleontology has a numbers problem. Computer vision can help
How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by…
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36 months later: Distance learning in the wake of COVID-19
Key points The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate effect on how educators at museums and science centers interacted with their…
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Megan Ennes receives Early Career Research Award
The National Association for Research in Science and Technology (NARST) has selected Megan Ennes as this year’s recipient of its…
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Scientists trace ancient bird flight paths using modern plant diversity
Key points The Massif de la Hotte is a young, exceptionally biodiverse mountain range in southern Haiti that is home…
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Butterfly mimicry reveals a supercharged biodiversity feedback loop
Key points Scientists constructed a family tree for butterflies in the genus Adelpha, which are native to North and South…
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Paleontologists find first bee nest fossils made inside fossilized bones
Key points Paleontologists working in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have discovered the first known instance of…
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Museum staff overwhelmingly in favor of behind-the-scenes tours
If natural history museums can be said to have a problem, it’s that they have too many specimens for any…
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The Florida Museum of Natural History publishes “The Butterflies of California,” a book five decades in the making
Key points The Florida Museum of Natural History recently published “The Butterflies of California.” The book was co-written by the…
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