You’ve probably heard how dinosaurs went extinct: They were all killed one terrible day when a huge object from outer space-a comet or asteroid the size of at least 100,000 Superdomes-slammed into Ear
The leading theory is that a huge asteroid or comet slammed into Earth 65 million
The history of climate change from 1600 to the present.
By 2000, there were more than 700 million.
Apex is thought to be the largest and one of the most complete Stegosaurus fossils ever uncovered.
So up to about 145 million years ago.
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2023 AMNH Announces The Secret World of Elephants New exhibition explores the 60-million-year
Every year, billions of tons of dead plankton and other marine organisms, dust blown from far-off lands, and river sediment settle on the ocean floor on top of materials from previous years.
These sediments accumulated about 55 million years ago over a span of about 300,000
Perhaps more than any other kind of fossil, footprints evoke the walking, running, living and breathing animals of the past.
evidence, the record in stone of a moment that passed into history as long as 200 million
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October 1, 2019 20-million-year-old Skull Suggests Complex Brain Evolution in Monkeys
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of Dinosaurs, Opening November 17 New exhibition shows how an asteroid impact 66 million
The American Museum of Natural History worked with a number of collaborators to produce Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future.
The Museum’s collections total 23 million artifacts and specimens—all kept on-site
From carpets to computers, T-shirts to TVs, manufacturing new products emits CO2. Extending the lives of existing goods reduces the need for manufacturing new ones.
In 2006, the U.S. recycled about 40 percent of packaging materials, saving 108 million
