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[amnhnyc]

By studying calcifying organisms, Leanne aims to better understand the impacts of human activity on marine ecosystems. Through her research, she hopes to influence policy that helps protect marine calcifiers in the future.

“Why is this important? The idea is that the more porous the shell, the weaker it is. Mussels need strong, robust shells to protect their inner soft organs—and that strong 3D structure is important for ecosystem function as habitat formers and storm defenses.

Currently, the changes seen in shell porosity are not large enough to influence the material properties, so we aren’t seeing weaker shells just yet. But with further warming in our oceans being predicted, this could potentially lead to even more porous shells, potentially impacting mussels’ function as habitat formers and storm defenses, as well as their ability to protect themselves from predation,” Melbourne explains.

Learn more about her research here.

#science #museum #amnh #natural history #nature #marine biology #marine ecosystem #mussels #bivalve #did you know #fact of the day #research #women in stem #climate change #conservation #earth month #earth day

[fox-teeth]

Coelophysis bauri

sketched from direct observation at the AMNH

(oh, to be two little dinosaurs that died entwined together in a flood)

#my artwork #artists on tumblr #dinosaurs #coelophysis #paleontology #amnh #paleoblr

[whowatchesthewolfwatchers]

The enormous blade like 3rd premolar of Thylacoleo, apex marsupial predator of yore

#thylacoleo #charismatic megafauna #never give me the keys to a museum #amnh

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #UnsolicitedDuckPicDay, check out this #duck on display at the American Museum of Natural History:

“Ceramic whistling bottle molded and painted to represent a muscovy duck, a South American domesticate.”

🆔 Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)

“Sican style, Peru” - Sican aka Lambayeque culture, c. 750-1375 CE

#animals in art #animal holiday #museum visit #birds in art #bird #birds #effigy #ceramics #pottery #duck #Muscovy duck #Indigenous art #Peruvian art #South American art #pre conquest art #AMNH #American Museum of Natural History #Unsolicited Duck Pic Day

[vintagewildlife]

Hornet posed on a bullet By: AMNH From: The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences 1958

#wasp #hymenopteran #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #1958 #1950s #AMNH #The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences (1958)

[sreegs]

if you got a pic of this guy in the Natural History Museum in NYC please reblog with an addition.

I know he's on google images i just keep getting other people who got a pic of this guy responding with their own and its funny

Thank you have a good day

#amnh #american museum of natural history #nyc

[nemfrog]

"The great Zeiss projection instrument at the planetarium." General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History. 1911 ed.

Internet Archive

#hayden planetarium #american museum of natural history #amnh #projector #science #astronomy #black and white photography #1911 #1910s

[aspiregemshk]

#tourmaline #tourmalineslice #tourmalinegemstone #tourmalinestone #naturaltourmaline #rawtourmalime #watermelontourmaline #gemstoneslice #jewelrymakingslice #beadedjewelry #tourmalinekings #tourmalinejewelry #science #amnh #natural history #gems #minerals #crystals #did you know #fact of the day

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

gf and I were lamenting the lack of exhibitions about dinosaurs that had updated accurate depictions when we happened upon This Beast. NY’s American Museum of Natural History, T. rex exhibit from 2019. We’re losing our minds over the fact it just has a head of hair and no other feathers. Thoughts?? Insight???

Better than nothing, depressingly low effort tho

esp given AMNH had the "Birds are Dinosaurs" exhibit not long before that and it was one of the best things I've ever seen

#amnh #tyrannosaurus #t. rex #dinosaurs #birds are dinosaurs

[ornithologyorthodoxy]

5/5/23

#art #painting #scientific illustration #oil painting #oil on canvas #original art #nature #fine art #bird #bird art #amnh #museum #taxidermy #museum specimens #commission

[emi98338]

Just 2 Spider-Men enjoying some quiet time at the American Museum of Natural History 🗿💖

#oc #spiderman #spider gwen #ghost spider #ghostflower #ghost flower #miles x gwen #miles morales #milesgwen #gwen x miles #atsv #destined for each other #museum #amnh #travel #nyc #cosplay #gwen stacy

[amnhnyc]

It's time for Fossil Friday! Meet Cryptocleidus oxoniensis, a short-necked plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were large marine reptiles that lived from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. The plesiosaurs had extensive modifications to the shoulder and pelvic girdles: these elements form large, flat sheets of bone, presumably for the attachment of swimming muscles. Cryptocleidus' trunk was very rigid and short, and the short tail could only function as a rudder, leaving the limbs as its main organ of propulsion.

Photos: © AMNH

Image 1: Cryptocleidus on display in the Museum.

Image 2: Photographic negative of the fossilized remains of Cryptocleidus, circa 1910.

#science #amnh #museum #fossil #nature #natural history #animals #paleontology #plesiosaur #cretaceous #triassic #cool animals #ancient animals #fossil friday

[fox-teeth]

Risograph print: Things in the Museum

Drawn at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, printed in fluorescent pink and seafoam inks by Outlet in PDX as part of their wonderful Virtual Riso Basics workshop!

#american museum of natural history #amnh #risograph #riso #museum #artists on tumblr #zoology #paleontology #anthropology #my artwork #art

[beccaplaying]

Went to the Van Cleef & Arpels emeralds exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. It’s in the diamond room in the hall of gems. Incredible pieces

#amnh #emeralds #jewelry #van cleef & arpels

[vintagewildlife]

Hummingbird egg and ostrich egg By: AMNH From: Natural History Magazine 1950

#hummingbird #apodiform #bird #ostrich #paleognath #1950 #1950s #AMNH #Natural History Magazine

[kaiyves-backup]

Exhibits in the new “Collections Core” windows at @amnhnyc.

#out and about #amnh