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CAMBRIDGE — “Monsters of the Deep: Between Imagination and Science” is, in effect, two exhibitions. It runs at the MIT Museum ...
A massive dead whale washed onto the North Carolina shore, drawing thousands to a beach 97 years ago.
I grew up visiting the American Museum of Natural History regularly, and a recent visit convinced me that it's still the best ...
A one-foot-long juvenile squid was spotted swimming ... found in the stomach of a sperm whale. Now, for the very first time, one has been filmed alive in its natural oceanic environment.
Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History aims to inspire people of all backgrounds to appreciate the diversity of the American Jewish experience. The three-floor museum covers three ...
the colossal squid – known as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, first identified in 1925 when the remains of the head and arms of one were discovered in a sperm whale’s stomach – can weigh up to ...
Nearly 100 years after the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis ... hunted sperm whale in 1925, researchers have captured the first confirmed video of this mysterious species in its natural habitat.
Almost a century after the colossal squid was first discovered, a juvenile was spotted and filmed in its natural habitat last ... them as prey remains in whale and seabird stomachs and as ...
“It is a fun way to research history and discover new facts we need to know to complete tasks.” In addition to the mission at the museum, the teens were treated to pizza at the Daugherty ...
This year marks 100 years since scientists first discovered and formally named the colossal squid, so it may be hard ... of the deep-sea creature in its natural habitat. An international team ...
It’s a whale of a discovery. Literally. A team of paleontologists and volunteers from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) recently excavated the skull and other fossilized bones of a ...