Ever heard of a mineral that filters nuclear waste and freshens up your cat’s litter box? Step into the world of zeolites with James Shipley, a geology student bringing the Canadian Museum of Nature’s mineral collection to digital life.| Canadian Museum of Nature
Find out more about our research team's discovery in the forest of the Canadian Museum of Nature: Xenodusa cava, a beetle species that lives in association with ants!| Canadian Museum of Nature
Think you know Triceratops? Recent research shows that this iconic dinosaur didn’t just evolve—it transformed in a rare, straight-line fashion called anagenesis. And one of the Canadian Museum of Nature’s lead dinosaur researchers, Jordan Mallon, plays an important role in that story.| Canadian Museum of Nature
Freshwater mussels rely on fish to complete their life cycle, attaching to their gills as larvae before maturing into juveniles. But invasive fish species may be disrupting this process. Scientists are studying how the population of non-native Largemouth Bass are affecting mussel reproduction in Lac Kingsmere, a small private lake…| Canadian Museum of Nature
Located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, the Beaver Pond site features animal and plant fossils from almost four million years ago. First discovered in the 1960s, the site contains remains of a Boreal-type forest and wetland, suggesting a much warmer Arctic climate. Find out how museum scientists and volunteers are analyzing…| Canadian Museum of Nature