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A new giant-screen film is on view in the Museum’s LeFrak Theater, starting today! In Turtle Odyssey, discover the wondr...
12/11/2025

A new giant-screen film is on view in the Museum’s LeFrak Theater, starting today! In Turtle Odyssey, discover the wondrous life of a sea turtle named Bunji, from hatchling to adulthood, and the great migration undertaken by generations before her. As this turtle leaves the rookery on the Great Barrier Reef and swims hundreds of miles, she encounters many marine animals—including humpback whales, parrot fish, and even a great white shark—as well as threats to her survival, like plastic waste. Beat the heat, visit the Museum, and enjoy this immersive giant-screen film on a 40-foot-high, 66-foot-wide screen with state-of-the-art digital sound! Details in the comments below.

For your daily dose of amphibians, check out the white-lipped tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata)! Also known as the giant ...
12/11/2025

For your daily dose of amphibians, check out the white-lipped tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata)! Also known as the giant tree frog, it’s the world’s largest tree frog—growing up to 5.5 in (14 cm). It's known for its unusual vocalizations, which have been compared to the sound of a barking dog! It can be found in New Guinea and parts of Australia, including Queensland. During mating season, males can develop a pinkish color on their arms and legs. Photo: Bignoter, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Saturn, the second largest planet in our solar system, is known for its beautiful rings of ice and rock. But have you he...
12/11/2025

Saturn, the second largest planet in our solar system, is known for its beautiful rings of ice and rock. But have you heard of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon? Titan is an almost Earthlike, but extremely cold world located 1.4 billion km away—and it’s one of more than 100 moons that orbit Saturn. Since the temperatures on Titan are far too cold for liquid water, rain there is composed of methane! Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

It’s beauty, it’s grace. Behold the California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)! This massive seabird...
12/11/2025

It’s beauty, it’s grace. Behold the California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)! This massive seabird, which sports a 7-ft (2.1-m) wingspan and a pouch that can hold up to 2 gallons of water, is the only pelican that is a plunge diver. When it spots a potential meal, it descends into the water from heights of up to 100 ft (30.5 m). The force of its impact can stun fish, which are then scooped up into the Pelican's pouch and consumed. Photo: Dixon Merritt, CC BY-ND 2.0, flickr

Don’t boop this snoot: Meet the Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)! 🐍This unusual-looking snake can open its jaws as wide as ...
12/10/2025

Don’t boop this snoot: Meet the Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)! 🐍This unusual-looking snake can open its jaws as wide as 170 degrees. Its venom, which is especially potent, affects the circulatory system—preventing blood from clotting and causing serious internal bleeding. Found in parts of Africa including Botswana and Zimbabwe, the boomslang typically feeds on prey like lizards and frogs. Photo: timbrammer, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

What bathes in its own urine and can drop its tail when afraid? That would be the common degu (Octodon degus). This rotu...
12/10/2025

What bathes in its own urine and can drop its tail when afraid? That would be the common degu (Octodon degus). This rotund rodent can be found in the Andes Mountains of Chile, where it inhabits elaborate underground burrows. This social species lives in groups of up to 10 individuals. To keep “clean,” this critter rolls around in sand soaked with its own urine. This may also be a way for the rat-sized animal to defend its territory. And? When threatened by foes, it can drop its tail—distracting predators as the rodent makes its escape. But this trick only works once: Unlike a lizard, the degu can’t regrow its missing appendage. Photo: francojvp, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

We’re going BIG this Fossil Friday. Like, really big. 🦕At 122 ft (37.2 m) long, Patagotitan mayorum is the Museum’s larg...
12/10/2025

We’re going BIG this Fossil Friday. Like, really big. 🦕At 122 ft (37.2 m) long, Patagotitan mayorum is the Museum’s largest dinosaur on display and one of the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth! This gigantic herbivore, which lived some 95 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, was heavier than 10 African elephants—tipping the scales at roughly 70 tons. In fact, The Titanosaur is so big that it barely fits in the Museum’s halls: It’s longer than the gallery it sits in—and its head, which would graze the ceiling, extends outwards toward the elevator banks! Photo: © AMNH

Meet the bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)! No, not the musical instrument: This animal is an African ungulate with a distin...
12/09/2025

Meet the bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)! No, not the musical instrument: This animal is an African ungulate with a distinctive striped coat and large spiraling horns! The bongo is an herbivore that feeds on leaves, bushes, and shoots, but also on the bark of rotting trees. In fact, this species has even been observed eating burned wood after lightning storms: Scientists think this behavior helps the bongo supplement its diet with extra salt and minerals. Unfortunately, this animal faces population declines due to human activity including poaching and habitat loss. Photo:ucumari photography, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

Kick off your Fourth of July with the national bird, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)! The Museum’s Bald Eagle ...
12/09/2025

Kick off your Fourth of July with the national bird, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)! The Museum’s Bald Eagle Diorama depicts a scene set near Alaska’s Chilkat River. Around November, when the chum salmon spawn and then die, Bald Eagles old and young congregate in numbers to feed upon salmon carcasses. This majestic bird of prey has a wide range throughout North America, soaring high in the sky with a wingspan of up to 8.5 ft (2.6 m)! You can spot this raptor in the Hall of North American Birds. The Museum is open today from 10 am–5:30 pm! Photo: © AMNH

Smile like the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) because it’s Wednesday! This robust reptile, found throughou...
12/09/2025

Smile like the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) because it’s Wednesday! This robust reptile, found throughout the eastern and central United States, as well as certain regions of southern Canada, can grow to exceed 70 lbs (31.8 kg) in weight. Its diet includes nearly anything it can catch: Birds, small mammals, fish, and aquatic vegetation are all on the menu. The common snapping turtle is also relatively long- lived, with some individuals surviving for 30 years in the wild—and even longer in captivity. Photo: billielafond, CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist

Meet the Desert Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus)! This striking bird can be spotted in parts of the American Southwest and...
12/09/2025

Meet the Desert Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus)! This striking bird can be spotted in parts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. It uses its thick beak to crack seeds from plants like pigweed and doveweed—but it will also feed on insects and the fruits of cacti. If you’re wondering what its calls sound like, they’ve been described as sharp whistles and staccato melodies. Photo: johneppler, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

Have you ever seen the tropical gasflame (Trinchesia sibogae)? 👀 This colorful critter is a nudibranch—one of more than ...
12/08/2025

Have you ever seen the tropical gasflame (Trinchesia sibogae)? 👀 This colorful critter is a nudibranch—one of more than 2,000 known species of these soft-bodied marine molluscs. Growing only up to 1.4 in (3.5 cm) long, this sea slug inhabits parts of the Indo-Pacific. Notice the tentacle-like structures on its body? They’re called cerata. Nudibranchs use them to store stinging cells from prey like jellyfish, converting their meals into a form of self defense! Photo: neko_wang, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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