Three stories above the Field Museum’s exhibits, rows and rows of taxidermied chipmunks filled a tray in the museum’s mammal archives. Pointing to two of the oldest critters, mammalogist Stephanie ...

Just in time for Halloween, scientists have discovered six new species of bats in the forests of the Philippines. The ...

Six new species of bat have been discovered in time for Halloween. The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team. They say the ...

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and even new species over thousands or millions of years. But when living ...

Legendary actor Harrison Ford came back to his hometown of Chicago this week for an honor at a Field Museum gala. The ...

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The famed Chicago-born actor and environmental activist is the inaugural recipient of the Transformative Conservation ...

Just in time for Halloween, six new bat species have been discovered by researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), ...

As Halloween decorations fill neighborhoods across North America, scientists have unwrapped a real-life natural mystery: six ...

CHICAGO -- Three stories above the Field Museum’s exhibits, rows and rows of taxidermied chipmunks filled a tray in the museum’s mammal archives. Pointing to two of the oldest critters, mammalogist ...

Six new species of tube-nosed bats have been discovered inside the forests of the Philippines—just in time for Halloween.