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Mosquitoes are some of the deadliest animals on Earth—and climate change is causing them to spread to new places. Their ranges are expanding in both tropical countries and the United States. #MuseumTok #STEM #spookyseason #climateweeknyc #mosquitoes

🦁Calling all Leos: Spot 132 peridots fashioned into breathtaking jewelry in the Museum’s special exhibition Garden of Green: Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of Van Cleef & Arpels! 💎Not a Leo? Find your birthstone, and more, in the Museum’s Halls of Gems & Minerals! #museumtok #leoseason #stem #science #geology

Until now, Cambrian apex predator Anomalocaris canadensis, had been thought to be responsible for some of the scarred and crushed trilobite exoskeletons paleontologists have found in the fossil record. But findings from a study led by Russell Bicknell, a postdoctoral researcher in the Museum’s Division of Paleontology, suggests otherwise! Read more about this ancient animal—whose name means “weird shrimp from Canada” in Latin—in our profile! #stem

Why does the disappearance of one species of insect matter? Anna Eichert, a comparative biology Ph.D. student in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School, recently traveled to Arctic Alaska to survey populations of aquatic insects. Journey with her—and learn the importance of this multi-year project. #MuseumTok #STEM #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateChange #entomology

🔎While fossilized bones provide important information, tracks like these are crucial for understanding how extinct animals lived and behaved. Fossils without bones are known as “trace fossils.” Trace fossils are remains of an organism’s activity—such as imprints, burrows, or fossilized poop—instead of its body, and often develop in environments that don’t otherwise produce skeletal fossils. 🏛️Learn more about natural history in the Museum’s new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. We’re open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm! #MuseumTok #STEM #GetCultured #paleontology #fossils

Whale lovers, this one’s for you! They’re just like us: They breathe, they’re warm blooded—they even have hair! Give it up for whales. #MuseumTok #STEM #GetCultured #whales #nyc

What other questions do you have about visiting the Museum? We’re open daily from 10 am–5:30 pm, and we hope to see you soon! #MuseumTok #GetCultured #ThingsToDoInNYC #uws #NewYork

Do you remember? Sapphire is the birthstone of September. #MuseumTok #STEM #GetCultured #geology #VirgoSeason

See Edmontonia rugosidens up close in the Museum’s Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs! We’re open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm. #MuseumTok #GetCultured #STEM #paleontology #fossils