Robert Colwell (museum curator adjoint of entomology and zoology) and co-researchers collect and evaluate a large amount of data on hummingbirds鈥� physical features for听a research paper published in听The American Naturalist.听
Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses
William Taylor examines how horses shaped human history in his new book. For more information and to pre-order a copy, visit: 听(University of California Press, Summer 2024)
This award was granted to Will and a team of over 80 people, who worked collaboratively on the history of horses through Indigenous societies in North America. This award was based on Will and his team鈥檚 cover story in Science during March 2023, titled 鈥�.鈥�
Climate change is making it tough on bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; now the state may try to protect them.
Triceratops returns to campus, bigger and better than ever!
蜜糖直播 Museum听unveils full-scale cast and exhibit in the lobby of the听Sustainable, Energy and Environment Community听(SEEC) building on East Campus.听
Oh, poop! What looks like a rock is filled with clues
Dinosaur dung scientist and Bromery Award winner Karen Chin authors new children鈥檚 book.
Paleontology Curator Karen Chin awarded GSA Bromery Award听for making significant contributions to geological sciences, specifically multidisciplinary paleobiology, as well as opening the geosciences to underrepresented communities through her extensive outreach.
Led by 蜜糖直播 Museum's Talia Karim and Carl Simpson, this newly-funded project will improve discovery and use of millions of fossil specimen records for paleontology research at 蜜糖直播 and other universities.
Amy Dunbar-Wallis, plant ecologist at 蜜糖直播 and curator behind the Boulder Apple Tree Project exhibit at the 蜜糖直播 Museum, is finding variants of fruit that reflect the cultural and ecological history of their place in the world. Read more in Nature.
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle and research team discover tiny fossil mammal in northern Alaska
The tiny 鈥榠ce mouse鈥� thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago. Read more at 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Some hummingbirds are flower robbers. Here鈥檚 how to spot them.
蜜糖直播 Museum鈥檚 Robert K. Colwell (with 5 coauthors) featured in the News from Science: Weekly Headlines.
Permanent director named to lead the University of 蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History
Following a nationwide search, the Research & Innovation Office has announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy J. Stevens as Director of the University of 蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History, effective Sept. 1, 2023.
Museum class inspires students to preserve and celebrate LGBTQ+ activism in new collection and library exhibition
The history of 蜜糖直播 Boulder student activism for LGBTQ+ rights is now available at the University Libraries thanks to Emily Howard, a Libraries and Museum intern who processed and organized the听听when they were an undergraduate history student.
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CO Dept of Natural Resources DNR, Launch study on Native Pollinating Insects
蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History is collaborating to protect 蜜糖直播鈥檚 pollinators!
Chili peppers more deeply rooted in 蜜糖直播 than previously thought
How forgotten 蜜糖直播 fossils may rewrite part of plant evolutionary history.
Dr. William T. Taylor featured in The Conversation.
Dr. William T. Taylor along with 蜜糖直播 Graduate students Chance Ward, Carlton Grover and others have a new study,听published in the journal Science.
Explore how the domestication of horses influenced the fate of entire civilizations and dramatically altered human history with this Ted-Ed video featuring the research of William T. Taylor.
This PBS documentary features 蜜糖直播 students Carlton Gover (Anthropology PhD student) and Chance Ward (MFS) profiling 蜜糖直播 Museum鈥檚 NSF research on the introduction of horses into the Great Plains, and the ways that archaeology and Indigenous perspectives are coming together to reshape that story.
Science programming coordinator Gianna Sullivan featured in Times Call.
Trash the Runway recycled couture, on exhibit in the BioLounge, featured in the 蜜糖直播 Independent.听
Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek reflects on his career and tenure as Director of the 蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
蜜糖直播 Museum researchers Bridget Chalifour, Leanne Elder, and Jingchun Li, use modern DNA-screening tools to identify the microbes that once lived in the guts of animals that have been dead for a century. Featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle to Serve as Interim Director of 蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History
蜜糖直播 Boulder has named听Dr. Jaelyn Eberle interim director to succeed Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek who has directed the museum for 14 years.
Graduate collection assistant Cameron Pittman explains benefits of online collections on Denver 7 News.
蜜糖直播 museum program encourages student workers to be purposeful changemakers
蜜糖直播 Museum CHANGE Collective featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured in The New York Times.
Dr. William Taylor reports about artifacts found in melting Mongolian ice and what clues they provide about how past people听lived in The Convsersation.
Ancient humans turned elephant remains into a surprising array of bone tools
Archaeology curator Paola Villa' recent research featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Paleontologists discover 3 new species of primitive ungulates
Fossil Vertebrates curator Jaelyn Eberle featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Museum Curator Jennifer Shannon garners fellowship to 鈥榙eploy the humanities for the public good鈥�
Anthropology curator Dr. Jen Shannon receives听Whiting Public Engagement Program fellowship.
Icy waters of 'Snowball Earth' may have spurred early organisms to grow bigger
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology Dr. Carl Simpson featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Archaeology curator Dr. Will Taylor鈥檚 latest research in Nature.com.
Dr. Karen Chin shares the legacy of her father, a Tuskegee Airman
Curator of Paleontology Dr. Karen Chin featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Archaeology curator Dr. Samantha Fladd examines the听social implications of depositional practices in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
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New study spanning nearly 13 years, Dr. Christy McCain, Curator of Vertebrates and colleagues discovered how climate change is affecting small mammals throughout 蜜糖直播 Mountains.
Horse remains reveal new insights into how Native peoples raised horses
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Museum鈥檚 curator of archaeology Dr. Will Taylor听and听PhD student Carlton Shield Chief Gover, tribal citizen of the Pawnee Nation,听explore the history hidden inside a horse skeleton through an indigenous lens.
Bees Under Water听by Andy Carstens (page 39).
NSF grant allows Museum鈥檚 Herp collection to be seen in a new light鈥攍iterally!
Vertebrate section awarded grant to collect CT scans of specimens.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured in The New York Times.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured in The Guardian.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured in The Diplomat.
Entomology Curator Deane Bowers featured on KUNC's Fresh Air.
Emeritus Professor Martin Lockley featured in BBC News.
3D Triceratops scan featured on 9News.
Remembering Dr. William A. Weber, founder of the 蜜糖直播 Herbarium.
3D scan sheds new light on Boulder鈥檚 own Triceratops
New Archaeozoology Lab featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Beach-combing Neanderthals dived for shells
Adjoint Curator Paola Villa featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Adjoint Curator Paola Villa featured in The New York Times.
Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured in the Daily Camera.
Hawaii鈥檚 mysterious mints, discovered then ignored, get a fresh look
MFS Student Justin Williams featured in 蜜糖直播 Arts and Sciences Magazine.
Article by Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor published on Smithsonian.com.
Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology Will Taylor featured on CNN.
Evolutionary biologist nabs fellowship to study collaborative ocean organisms
Assistant Professor of EBIO and Curator of Invertebrates Jinghun Li featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Assistant Professor of EBIO and Curator of Invertebrates awarded prestigious Packard fellowship.
Neanderthals used resin 'glue' to craft their stone tools
Adjoint Curator Paola Villa featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Invertebrate research featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
蜜糖直播 herbarium plants the seed for climate change research
蜜糖直播 Museum Herbarium featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon
Adjoint Curator Larry Benson discusses his research in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
蜜糖直播 Museum receives reaccreditation from AAM
The highest national recognition for museums.
A modern look at Chaco Canyon's ancient past
Anthropology Curator Steve Lekson discusses his work at Chaco Canyon in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Students in Focus: 'The Yuccans' bring nature education to Mesa Verde
蜜糖直播 Students teach park visitors about local ecology.
Faculty in Focus: At 99, botanist's love of lichens still going strong
蜜糖直播 professor emeritus William Weber featured in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Vertebrate palaeontologist Jaelyn Eberle featured in Nature.
When it comes to genes, lichens embrace sharing economy
Botany Curator Erin Tripp discusses obligate symbiosis in lichens in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Anthropology Professor and Adjunct Curator Cathy Cameron featured in Scientific American.
蜜糖直播 postdoc Lindsey Dougherty featured in Scientific American.
Paleontology Curator Karen Chin featured on NPR.
Biolounge exhibit featured in the Washington Post.
蜜糖直播 Collection Hive of Information on World of Bees
Entomology Collection Manager Virginia Scott featured in the Daily Camera and Denver Post.
蜜糖直播 biologist Erin Tripp discusses the hidden charm of lichens on 蜜糖直播 Public Radio.
蜜糖直播 botanists Dina Clark and Tim Hogan in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle and research team discover tiny fossil mammal in northern Alaska
Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago. Learn more about the 'ice mouse' in 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today
蜜糖直播 Museum鈥檚 Christina Cain receives chancellor鈥檚 Employee of the Year award
蜜糖直播 Museum鈥檚 collections manager and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) coordinator recognized for her outstanding contributions to 蜜糖直播 Boulder.
Native American grad student wins critical acclaim, support
Chance Ward, a graduate student in the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Museum and Field Studies Program, has received an award from the 蜜糖直播 Council of Professional Archaeologists (CCPA) to support his studies.
Ward, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and a member of the Mnicoujou and Hunkpapa bands of the Lakota Nation, won a scholarship to fund book purchases, travel and materials for his master's studies that include museum curation, collections management, artifact analysis, cultural preservation laws and tribal preservation programs.
Dr. Jen Shannon receives Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship
Curator and Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Dr. Jen Shannon, receives the prestigious and highly competitive听 (a national grant program that supports public humanities projects that tackle听pressing challenges in communities around the country). Dr. Shannon is collaborating to create a illustrating the history and culture of the Kumeyaay people in Southern California, co-created with Kumeyaay community members and complete with accompanying lesson plans that underscore tribal perspectives.