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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11h

It’s Fossil Friday! This archival image, snapped in 1966, depicts Museum visitors gazing up at the mounted remains of Gorgosaurus. This slender tyrannosaur was smaller than its gigantic cousin T. rex, reaching lengths of up to 30 ft (9 m) and weights of 2,200 lbs (1,000 kg).

A photo of two Museum visitors gazing up at a mounted Gorgosaurus. The animal’s bones are posed on its hind legs, standing straight up with its tail dragging behind it. The Museum visitors’ backs are turned, facing the dinosaur.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 1d

Crikey! Meet Irwin’s snapping turtle. The late Steve Irwin, and his father Bob, spotted this rare reptile in the early 1990s & contacted herpetologist John Cann. He was the first to describe this species—and he named it after the Irwins.
Photo: Ian Sutton, CC BY 2.0, flickr

A photo of Irwin’s snapping turtle standing on a rock. It has a pig-like, pink nose, large dark eyes, and mottled greenish, brown, and pink colored skin.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 2d

October babies, your birthstone is tourmaline!
Some of the first gemstones mined in the USA, their hue is determined by metals present in each gemstone's crystal structure: Pink tourmalines contain more manganese. Green ones have higher levels of iron, chromium, & vanadium.

A photo of tourmalines on display in the Museum. Smaller stones encircle a larger, central specimen.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 4d

Feel like a fish out of water? Meet the giant mudskipper! This fish needs to breathe air & spends a decent amount of time on land! Found on the muddy shores of mangroves in parts of Southeast Asia, it uses its pectoral fins to “walk” across mudflats.

Photo: mysorekid, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a mudskipper hauled out of water and onto a branch. The fish is brownish in color and has unusual facial features.

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Julian Smart @julianvideo.com · 6d

Pausing for a bit, American Museum of Natural History

#cinestill800t #nikonf4s #nikkor

#BlueSkyArtShow #Relax

People resting at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, bright spots of light dot the floor with halation from remjet removal, cinestill 800t

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 7d

Join us on Wednesday, October 8, for SciCafe: Mapping the Costs of AI. Kate Crawford (@katecrawford.bsky.social), research professor at the University of Southern California, will explore the environmental and human cost of AI systems.

SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. Get tickets: bit.ly/4nB7w33

The Hidden Costs of AI: SciCafe October 8 | AMNH

Kate Crawford will explore the hidden costs of artificial intelligence and how its vast infrastructure reshapes our physical world.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 8d

Shaping the Future Through Tradition features video art, animations, short films, and emerging new media pieces by seven Indigenous artists from the Pacific Northwest who are redefining how their stories are told using diverse and contemporary mediums. This exhibition is included with any admission.

Shaping the Future Through Tradition | AMNH

Curated by filmmaker Michael Bourquin of Iskut First Nation, this exhibition features multimedia works by Indigenous artists.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 8d

Meet Kayah George, an Indigenous filmmaker, activist, and student from the Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Kayah is a featured artist in Shaping the Future Through Tradition, now on view in the Northwest Coast Hall’s contemporary art gallery.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 9d

🚨Research alert! A recent study, led by Museum Macaulay Curator Roger Benson, details a new species of Jurassic reptile that has links to the origins of lizards and snakes: amnh.link/46MCY71

New Species of Ancient Hook-toothed Reptile Discovered | AMNH

Jurassic fossil from Scotland has revealed new family of Jurassic reptile linked to evolution of lizards and snakes.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 10d

🔍 In September of 1914, Martha, the last-known living Passenger Pigeon, died—marking the disappearance of her species from the world & making Passenger Pigeons synonymous with the extinction of species at human hands.

But what happened? Step into the Museum’s Ornithology Collections to learn more.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11d

🎓The Museum also conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Richard M. Smith, president and CEO of The Pinkerton Foundation.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11d

🐋The Museum conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree to oceanographer and carbon cycle geochemist Ellen R.M. Druffel, co-director of the W. M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and distinguished professor and Fred Kavli Professor of Earth System Science at UC, Irvine.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11d

🌎Since the first cohort entered in 2012, the MAT ESRP has prepared 204 Earth science teachers, reaching approximately 100,000 students in New York and beyond.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11d

Congrats to this year’s graduates of the Richard Gilder Graduate School! This evening, the Museum held its 2025 commencement under the iconic Blue Whale, celebrating five doctoral graduates & 19 Master of Arts in Teaching Earth Science Residency Program (MAT ESRP) graduates.

Photo: A. Keding/© AMNH

Wide shot of the Museum’s Hall of Ocean Life. A large, life-sized model of a blue whale is suspended from the ceiling and hovers above a graduation ceremony. There are rows of people sitting beneath the whale; they are facing a stage where someone is giving a speech.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 11d

Meet the rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)! This critter can be found throughout much of the southwestern United States & Mexico. While it does forage in the trees, this species prefers to make its dens in rocky terrain like cliffs & canyons.

Photo: kenttrulsson, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a rock squirrel standing on reddish colored rocky terrain. The squirrel's fur is light brown interspered with gray. It is plump in shape and has a large bushy tail.

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ryanwyatt.bsky.social @ryanwyatt.bsky.social · 14d

“I practice hope like an Olympic sport.” –Katharine Hayhoe at @amnh.org during New York Climate Week

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe in front of a slide that quotes Sara Peach: “The goal of the conversation is not to tell people about climate change. It's to expand the number of people in the conversation.”

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 14d

“The evolution of the mammalian jaw joint is one of the most intriguing and incomplete chapters in vertebrate history, with key transitions obscured by gaps in the fossil record,” said Museum Paleontology Division Curator Jin Meng, one of the corresponding authors on the new @nature.com study.

Jurassic Fossils : Mammal Jaw Evolution | AMNH

Study of two early mammal relatives, including newly described species, reveals unexpected variation in jaw-joint anatomy.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 14d

🚨Research alert! A new study led by scientists at the Museum and the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggests that the evolution of the modern mammalian jaw is more complex than previously thought. Read more: bit.ly/3KnyhJp

Illustration of Polistodon chuannanensi by ZHAO Chuang © PNSO

Rendering of a small horned mammal inside an underground tunnel.

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Joseph O’Sullivan @mightyjoeyoung.bsky.social · 15d

As part of the continuing NYC Climate Week the American Museum of Natural History had another event. Multiple NGOs & agencies had information tables, there was a music act & NYC’s DEP climate leader spoke. I learned NYC is a world leader in climate policy. Thank you @amnh.org #AMNH #climateweek

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · 15d

🌍 We offer a special thanks to the @amnh.org for inviting us to participate in "Climate Resilience in Action," a #ClimateWeekNYC evening program highlighting on-the-ground work by local organizations across the boroughs to advance #climate and #sustainability goals. 💙

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 15d

How does the gharial's snout help make it a powerful underwater predator? It’s lined with sensory cells that detect vibrations underwater. And when a fish swims into range, it can quickly whip its head sideways, meeting minimum resistance in water!
Photo: George Lin, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a gharial in shallow water. The animal is long, scaled, and powerful. It resembles a crocodile but has a longer, much narrower snout.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 16d

Meet the coconut crab. It can span ~3 ft (1 m) long from leg tip to leg tip & weigh ~8 lbs (4 kg)! It inhabits coasts off of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Scientists have compared its pinching power to a lion’s bite force! 🥥🦀
Photo: luca63, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a coconut crab on the ground. The crab is blue in color with red eyes and reddish markings. It has long limbs and strong-looking front claws.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 17d

We know that many animals are in danger due to human-caused climate change impacting their habitats. This #ClimateWeekNYC, Columbia University and Richard Gilder Graduate School Graduate Fellow Ellie Gamett explains what we can learn from the resilience of blue dasher dragonflies.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 17d

***Black in Natural History Museums is now open! See it on Floor 3 in the Museum's Gilder Center. Details: bit.ly/3KfbzTS

Black in Natural History Museums | AMNH

Black in Natural History Museums highlights 17 modern and historical Black scientists, artists, and curators.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 17d

Black in Natural History Museums in now open! See it on Floor 3 in the Museum's Gilder Center. Details: bit.ly/3KfbzTS

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