Media Summary: From centuries-old specimens to entirely new types of specialized collections like frozen tissues and genomic data, the Museum's ... DCMP members can access the full video for free here: - To find out if you qualify, visit ... The American Museum of Natural History recently passed

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From centuries-old specimens to entirely new types of specialized collections like frozen tissues and genomic data, the Museum's ... DCMP members can access the full video for free here: - To find out if you qualify, visit ... The American Museum of Natural History recently passed Six tales of extinctions, and what collections can tell us about The story of the Museum's coelacanth shows how natural history collections can yield answers and inspire questions for hundreds ... You could easily mistake foraminifera fossils for flecks of dust, but these tiny specimens hold big insights about Earth's climate.

Sexologist Alfred Kinsey's first love was the tiny gall wasp. His incredible collection—7.5 What does it take to solve a mystery about an ancient Native American language group? 16th-century missionary texts, DNA ... Ninety years after it was first collected, Mammal from Ecuador was finally recognized as a new species. Researcher ... Join a 1920s fossil-hunting expedition to the Gobi Desert with Roy Chapman Andrews, then step into the Museum's modern-day ... Meet the shamans of snowy Siberia with the Jesup North Pacific Expedition— Individual specimens may hold great beauty in the eye of the uninitiated observer, but for scientists, the real wonder lies in the ...

Getting a giant squid from New Zealand to New York is no easy feat. Curator Neil Landman tells the tale of a sizable specimen's ...

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33 Million Things - Shelf Life #1

33 Million Things - Shelf Life #1

From centuries-old specimens to entirely new types of specialized collections like frozen tissues and genomic data, the Museum's ...

Shelf Life Episode 1: 33 Million Things (Accessible Preview)

Shelf Life Episode 1: 33 Million Things (Accessible Preview)

DCMP members can access the full video for free here: https://www.dcmp.org/media/11230 - To find out if you qualify, visit ...

Science Collections For Curious Minds - Shelf Life

Science Collections For Curious Minds - Shelf Life

The American Museum of Natural History recently passed

Six Extinctions In Six Minutes - Shelf Life #12

Six Extinctions In Six Minutes - Shelf Life #12

Six tales of extinctions, and what collections can tell us about

Six Ways To Prepare a Coelacanth - Shelf Life #3

Six Ways To Prepare a Coelacanth - Shelf Life #3

The story of the Museum's coelacanth shows how natural history collections can yield answers and inspire questions for hundreds ...

The Tiniest Fossils - Shelf Life #6

The Tiniest Fossils - Shelf Life #6

You could easily mistake foraminifera fossils for flecks of dust, but these tiny specimens hold big insights about Earth's climate.

Kinsey's Wasps - Shelf Life #9

Kinsey's Wasps - Shelf Life #9

Sexologist Alfred Kinsey's first love was the tiny gall wasp. His incredible collection—7.5

The Language Detectives - Shelf Life #7

The Language Detectives - Shelf Life #7

What does it take to solve a mystery about an ancient Native American language group? 16th-century missionary texts, DNA ...

Skull of the Olinguito - Shelf Life #4

Skull of the Olinguito - Shelf Life #4

Ninety years after it was first collected, Mammal #66753 from Ecuador was finally recognized as a new species. Researcher ...

Fossil Hunting In the Gobi - Shelf Life 360

Fossil Hunting In the Gobi - Shelf Life 360

Join a 1920s fossil-hunting expedition to the Gobi Desert with Roy Chapman Andrews, then step into the Museum's modern-day ...

Shamans of Siberia - Shelf Life 360

Shamans of Siberia - Shelf Life 360

Meet the shamans of snowy Siberia with the Jesup North Pacific Expedition—

Turtles and Taxonomy - Shelf Life #2

Turtles and Taxonomy - Shelf Life #2

Individual specimens may hold great beauty in the eye of the uninitiated observer, but for scientists, the real wonder lies in the ...

Voyage of the Giant Squid - Shelf Life #8

Voyage of the Giant Squid - Shelf Life #8

Getting a giant squid from New Zealand to New York is no easy feat. Curator Neil Landman tells the tale of a sizable specimen's ...