Behind a Museum Door, These Beetles Are Eating Flesh for Science

The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History’s Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones.

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At the American Museum of Natural History, a Look to Outer Space

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it.

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After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home

Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94

Beginning in 1969, she spent five months a year on Great Gull Island, leading teams of young volunteers devoted to preserving the seabirds.

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World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History

The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is loaning it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.

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