Fishing for Facts: Studying the Rare Coelacanth
Find out how coelacanth bodies are preserved so you can view them in natural history museums. Video, Shelf Life Episode…
Category: Zoology
Polar Bears Are Struggling to Find Food
Find out what is happening to the polar bears: As the arctic ice melts, polar bears must look for food on land, and there isn’t enough.
Illegal Cocoa Farms Threaten Primates
When a team of researchers set out to count the endangered primates in Ivory Coast national parks and forest reserves,…
Shelf Life, Episode 2: Turtles and Taxonomy
About Turtles and Taxonomy Don’t have time to visit the American Museum of Natural History? We’ve got your back! EH…
Wild Red Kite: Red and Deadly
Photography and Text by Steven Spence This is a wild red kite (German: Roter Milan; Latin Milvus milvus ), which…
Shelf Life Episode 1: 33 Million Things
About Shelf Life Episode 1: 33 Million Things Can’t get to New York to visit the American Museum of Natural…
42 North American Butterflies
This animated infographic shows 42 different North American butterflies. The infographic is the work of designer Eleanor Lutz.
Winter Bees, First Visitors
This photo of a winter bee collecting pollen, called “First Visitors,” is the work of Germany-based photographer Steven Spence. Here…
Chameleons’ Color Change Secret Revealed
Chameleons are known for the remarkable ability to perform complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. Now, a team…
Tuna Stay Warm with Cold Hearts
The heart of a bluefin tuna keeps pumping during extreme temperature changes that would stop a human heart, according to…