Photo by Liz Ligon “Engaging Nature: Dialogues on Urban Ecology” Launches on Earth Day, April 22, with Ecological Garden Designer Rebecca McMackin The High Line announced today Engaging Nature: Dialogues on Urban Ecology, a four-part virtual public program series that will illuminate the practices and expertise driving the High Line’sContinue Reading

Photo: Michael Hull Shaina Taub, Stark Sands, and Merle Dandridge join the Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance’s annual star-studded event, presented by SUMMIT One Vanderbilt The Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance are proud to announce that Broadway will once again raise its voice for the planet as the Broadway Celebrates EarthContinue Reading

Biofluorescence seen on an emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) in the Museum’s collection showing the top of the bird (left) and its plumage (right). © Rene Martin Research suggests that “hidden” phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship displays New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural HistoryContinue Reading

A field of volcanic ash during the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa’s northwest coast. © Samantha Tramontano Daily ashfall sampling at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands demonstrates potential for near-real-time eruption monitoring and forecasting tool A new study based on theContinue Reading

Examples of Lapworthella fasciculata shells (under scanning electron microscope) from the Mernmerna Formation, Flinders Ranges, South Australia showing holes made by a perforating predator. Scale bars represent 200 micrometers. R. Bicknell, et al (2025) Current Biology Hundreds of punctured shells from the Cambrian illuminate unique predator-prey interactions in the ocean 517 millionContinue Reading

Image: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH Special loan from Kenneth C. Griffin brings 27-foot-long fossil to exhibit in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation and spurs new research program Thought to be the largest and one of the most complete Stegosaurus specimens ever found, a 150-million-year-oldContinue Reading

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S. NIAID New surveillance technique could be used in future pandemics Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for COVID surveillance that can signal the rise of new variants before they are widespread. TheContinue Reading