Articles by The Field Museum

To prevent mass extinction in Madagascar it's now or never, according to new research

Fluffy rodents twice the size of a gray squirrel survived for tens of thousands of years, and then abruptly disappeared a few thousand years ago

There are more than 1,400 species of bats, and 25 percent of them have only been recognized by scientists in the last 15 years

High fish diversity is a good indicator of forest health

A new paper reveals that the microbiomes of closely-related bats can be totally different from each other, which suggests that having a community of helpful gut bacteria may not be so important for this group of mammals

Members of one octopus species take variations in skin texture to a whole new level

Archaeologists have recreated ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloat

228-million-year-old fossil sheds light on how turtles evolved

The asteroid impact that eliminated non-avian dinosaurs destroyed global forests

Deep-sea expeditions and drones have revealed a giant group of octopuses and their eggs in a place where they shouldn't be able to survive