#fieldmuseum — Public Fediverse posts
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Lance Grande is a curator specializing in fossil fish at the Field Museum in Chicago. In his scientific memoir CURATORS: BEHIND THE SCENES OF NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS, he discusses his career: from being given a fossil when he was a junior, a gift that sent him into geology as a field, to graduate school in New York City during a time of sizzling dispute between evolutionary taxonomy and cladistics. (Cladistics eventually won out.) From there he was hired by the Field, where he spent his career until retirement. He went on field expeditions, travelled abroad to search museum collections, and became head of the Collections & Research department.
Grande has a lot of good stories: the Field, and by extension Grande, got entangled in the lawsuits over the T. rex skeleton Sue. He has lots of great stories about incidents on field expeditions, both unexpected finds and narrowly avoided hazards, and also stories while in management, where he discusses the ethics of collections of human remains and leads a spectacular redesign of the museum's hall of gemstones. It's a really interesting collection of personal stories.
Also, I have to commend the publisher on ending each chapter with colour photographs and illustrations related to the chapter's topic. It's a much better editorial decision than having a ruthlessly cut-down selection of illustrations in a single glossy signature in the middle of the book; more books should do this!
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Today in Chicago History: Sue the T. rex debuts at Field Museum https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/701237/ #Baseball #Chicago #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoHistory #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #FieldMuseum #LFrankBaum #May17 #MLB #sue #TyrannosaurusRex #WizardOfOz #WrigleyField
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Today in Chicago History: Sue the T. rex debuts at Field Museum https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/701237/ #Baseball #Chicago #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoHistory #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #FieldMuseum #LFrankBaum #May17 #MLB #sue #TyrannosaurusRex #WizardOfOz #WrigleyField
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"#Jews are often thought of as #urban, #bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — #AbrahamCahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a #birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring #Nature, #author #JoelGreenberg, with #JudithWinston, a #research associate at the #Smithsonian Marine Station in #Florida, tells the life stories of a group of #Jewish #researchers, #naturalists and #environmentalists. I spoke with #Greenberg, a research associate of the #FieldMuseum and the #Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert #Nature #Museum, book author and avid birder who lives in #Westmont, #IL, about the accomplished and often adventurous lives of the #scientists he profiled. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity."
https://forward.com/culture/824284/to-life-joel-greenberg-jews-exploring-nature-nathan-leopold/
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"#Jews are often thought of as #urban, #bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — #AbrahamCahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a #birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring #Nature, #author #JoelGreenberg, with #JudithWinston, a #research associate at the #Smithsonian Marine Station in #Florida, tells the life stories of a group of #Jewish #researchers, #naturalists and #environmentalists. I spoke with #Greenberg, a research associate of the #FieldMuseum and the #Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert #Nature #Museum, book author and avid birder who lives in #Westmont, #IL, about the accomplished and often adventurous lives of the #scientists he profiled. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity."
https://forward.com/culture/824284/to-life-joel-greenberg-jews-exploring-nature-nathan-leopold/
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"#Jews are often thought of as #urban, #bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — #AbrahamCahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a #birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring #Nature, #author #JoelGreenberg, with #JudithWinston, a #research associate at the #Smithsonian Marine Station in #Florida, tells the life stories of a group of #Jewish #researchers, #naturalists and #environmentalists. I spoke with #Greenberg, a research associate of the #FieldMuseum and the #Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert #Nature #Museum, book author and avid birder who lives in #Westmont, #IL, about the accomplished and often adventurous lives of the #scientists he profiled. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity."
https://forward.com/culture/824284/to-life-joel-greenberg-jews-exploring-nature-nathan-leopold/
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"#Jews are often thought of as #urban, #bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — #AbrahamCahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a #birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring #Nature, #author #JoelGreenberg, with #JudithWinston, a #research associate at the #Smithsonian Marine Station in #Florida, tells the life stories of a group of #Jewish #researchers, #naturalists and #environmentalists. I spoke with #Greenberg, a research associate of the #FieldMuseum and the #Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert #Nature #Museum, book author and avid birder who lives in #Westmont, #IL, about the accomplished and often adventurous lives of the #scientists he profiled. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity."
https://forward.com/culture/824284/to-life-joel-greenberg-jews-exploring-nature-nathan-leopold/
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"#Jews are often thought of as #urban, #bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — #AbrahamCahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a #birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring #Nature, #author #JoelGreenberg, with #JudithWinston, a #research associate at the #Smithsonian Marine Station in #Florida, tells the life stories of a group of #Jewish #researchers, #naturalists and #environmentalists. I spoke with #Greenberg, a research associate of the #FieldMuseum and the #Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert #Nature #Museum, book author and avid birder who lives in #Westmont, #IL, about the accomplished and often adventurous lives of the #scientists he profiled. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity."
https://forward.com/culture/824284/to-life-joel-greenberg-jews-exploring-nature-nathan-leopold/
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Students from Wheaton Montesorri stepped behind the scenes at the museum—not just to observe, but to contribute. From helping process collections to supporting real scientific work, this trip showed that science isn’t limited to labs or experts—it’s something we can all be part of. #CitizenScienceMonth #MuseumLearning #ScienceForAll #communityscience, #scistarter, #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn, #fieldmuseum
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Faster scientific discovery-With large datasets available digitally, researchers can use tools like AI and data modeling to discover new patterns, relationships, and even identify new species more efficiently. Participate in a virtual event: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-participate
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Faster scientific discovery-With large datasets available digitally, researchers can use tools like AI and data modeling to discover new patterns, relationships, and even identify new species more efficiently. Participate in a virtual event: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-participate
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Digitizing biodiversity—the process of converting information about plants, animals, ecosystems, and specimens into accessible digital formats, join an event at: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-participate
#communityscience #scistarter #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn #fieldmuseum #zooniverse
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When biodiversity data is digitized, scientists and policymakers can quickly analyze species distributions, population trends, and threats. This supports smarter conservation strategies, especially for endangered species and fragile ecosystems. https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-participate
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Digital records help monitor changes over time—such as shifts caused by climate change, habitat loss, or invasive species. This is critical for studying patterns in Climate Change and predicting future impacts. #wedigbio #biodiversity #communityscientist #naturalhistory #science #scienceforall #scistarter #scienceforeveryone #fieldmuseum
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Digital records help monitor changes over time—such as shifts caused by climate change, habitat loss, or invasive species. This is critical for studying patterns in Climate Change and predicting future impacts. #wedigbio #biodiversity #communityscientist #naturalhistory #science #scienceforall #scistarter #scienceforeveryone #fieldmuseum
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Digital platforms allow anyone—from students to citizen scientists—to explore biodiversity, contribute observations, and better understand the natural world. #communityscience #scistarter #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn #fieldmuseum #zooniverse @iDigBio @nfromn @eurotaxonomy @the_zooniverse
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Digitizing biodiversity turns scattered, vulnerable information into a powerful, shared resource that helps us understand & protect life on Earth more effectively.
#communityscience, #scistarter, #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn, #scistarter, #fieldmuseum, #zooniverse
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Looking to participate in the #WeDigBio event this April 9th -12th? Help biodiversity efforts by mobilizing thousands of natural history records, and make your mark on community-led science. Click the link for more information: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-participate
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Looking to host a #WeDigBio event this April 9th through 12th? Register your event on our site to mobilize participation. h#communityscience, #scistarter, #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn, #scistarter, #fieldmuseum, #zooniverse
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Block your calendars! #WeDigBio April 9th through the 12th, 2026 is just under 2 weeks away! Mobilize 1000's of biodiversity data records! Register your event or find where to participate #communityscience, #scistarter, #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn, #scistarter, #fieldmuseum, #zooniverse
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Block your calendars! #WeDigBio April 9th through the 12th, 2026 is just under 2 weeks away! Mobilize 1000's of biodiversity data records! Register your event or find where to participate #communityscience, #scistarter, #ScienceForEveryone #OpenScienceForAll #EveryoneCanDoScience #globaltcn, #scistarter, #fieldmuseum, #zooniverse
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"My name is Sue, how do you do?"
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits- the famous Tyrannosaur in the Field Museum, Chicago.
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How do kingfishers avoid concussions when diving? It might be in their genes - Enlarge / Fish-eating kingfishers execute plunging dives into the water... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977728 #convergentevolution #behavioralgenetics #animalbehavior #hydrodynamics #fieldmuseum #kingfishers #evolution #genetics #science #animals #biology #physics #birds
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How do kingfishers avoid concussions when diving? It might be in their genes - Enlarge / Fish-eating kingfishers execute plunging dives into the water... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977728 #convergentevolution #behavioralgenetics #animalbehavior #hydrodynamics #fieldmuseum #kingfishers #evolution #genetics #science #animals #biology #physics #birds
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Ars Technica: How do kingfishers avoid concussions when diving? It might be in their genes https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977728 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #convergentevolution #behavioralgenetics #animalbehavior #hydrodynamics #FieldMuseum #kingfishers #evolution #Genetics #Science #animals #Biology #Physics #birds
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#Reminder: Don't miss the #publiclecture with Gary Feinman, MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology at the #FieldMuseum of Natural History, Chicago, at #KielUni on Monday, 6 Feb. He will present new concepts and ideas on #premodern #governance and #inequality. More information on his talk "How History Matters": https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/calendar-events/various/public-lecture-series-by-jma-chair-gary-feinman #archaeology