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Part of an interactive presentation, at the Museum of Natural History in New York City where among the many things you’ll learn is that mushrooms are cousins to humans!
The original sculpture, today located at the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa in Xalapa, Veracruz, weighs about 14 tons, stands about 2.85 m tall, and has a circumference of about 5.80 m at the nose. This plaster replica was made in Mexico in 1958, transported to the AMNH in several pieces, and assembled in the hall.
Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
American Museum of Natural History
Manhattan, NY
February 2, 2024
Therapsid, Late Permian. Sokolki, northern Russia.
Named in honor of Inostrantzev, a Russian geologist.
This predator had a slimmer body than most mammal-like reptiles. Notice the length of its limb bones. Long limb nones are characteristic of those animals which are fast runners.
Inostrancevia was one of the largest predatory mammal-like reptiles during the Permian period. Notice the shark-like shape of the teeth. The lower jaw had a hinge that allowed the mouth to be opened very wide to enable Inostrancevia to swallow large prey, or pieces of prey.
There's something inescapably creepy about natural history museums, but I think that's a key element of their attraction. Check out all the dead things in lifelike poses!
(I wrote a slightly longer note about this picture over here .)
The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History -- designed by Studio Gang -- opening to the public on May 4, 2023.
Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
American Museum of Natural History
Manhattan, NY
February 2, 2024
Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
American Museum of Natural History
Manhattan, NY
February 2, 2024
This year, Origami USA chose Ladybug 1.1 (designed by me and modified by Sara Adams) for their Annual Gift. The models shown in the pictures were folded by OrigamiUSA members and photographed by Wendy Zeichner. They were made available as a gift to those attending the Origami Holiday Tree Lighting at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York. The model was selected based on this year’s theme of _Beautiful Bugs_ and matches the subject of the ongoing exhibition Extinct and Endangered Insects.
I’m very happy about the model being chosen for this event. I also enjoyed following the progress of folding and learning about some interesting variations the folders came up with while preparing the models.
If you want to fold a ladybug of your own, you can follow the video tutorial made by Sara Adams.
The specimen at the bottom is a pangolin, once thought to have been the source of Covid-19. American Museum of Natural History, NY
The mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) found in Oromia, Ethiopia as gadumsa, is an antelope found in high altitude woodland in a small part of central Ethiopia. Mountain nyala were named for their similarity to the nyala but they are now considered closer relatives of the kudu.
Mountain nyala stand around a metre at the shoulder and weigh 150 to 300 kilograms, males being considerably larger than females. Mountain nyala have grey-brown coats sometimes with poorly defined white stripes and splotches, their coats darken as they age, the underside is lighter than the rest of the coat. Males have horns which twist one or two times and average slightly less than a metre in length.
Mountain nyala are endemic to the Ethiopian highlands southeast of the Rift Valley, between 6°N and 10°N. Their former range was from Mount Gara Muleta in the east to Shashamene and the northern Bale Zone to the south; currently, the main area of distribution is the Bale Mountains National Park. Within this range, the mountain nyala prefer woodland, heath, and scrub at altitudes of at least 2000 metres above sea level sometimes wandering as high as 4000 metres. Mountain nyala mainly eat herbs and shrubs. Mountain nyala live in groups of about four to six animals sometimes ranging to thirteen and occasionally more, these groups are mainly females and calves often with one old male.
There are about 2,500 mountain nyala in existence, which are threatened primarily by the encroachment of too many people in their habitat.
The Akeley Hall of African Mammals showcases large mammals of Africa. At the center is a freestanding group of eight elephants, poised as if to charge, surrounded by 28 habitat dioramas. These provide a unique glimpse of the diverse topography of Africa and its wildlife, from the Serengeti Plain to the waters of the Upper Nile to the volcanic mountains of what was once the Belgian Congo.
As in all of the Museum’s habitat dioramas, each scene is a re-creation based on the meticulous observations of scientists in the field in the early 20th century and the on-site sketches and photographs of the artists who accompanied them. They feature animals set in a specific location, cast in the light of a particular time of day.
In some instances, represented locales became national parks or wildlife sanctuaries. For example, Carl Akeley—the naturalist, explorer, photographer, sculptor, and taxidermist who first conceived of this hall in 1909 and collected many of the specimens for it—successfully petitioned the King of Belgium to create the first national park in Africa.
The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History -- designed by Studio Gang -- opening to the public on May 4, 2023.