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Kids with Legos, parents vote for new name of Field Museum dinosaur

At a Harold Washington Library Lego Club event Tuesday, kids received blue “I VOTED” stickers after choosing a name on an iPad.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ancient Bird Feathers Reveal Extinctions Linked To Moulting Process

Feathers preserved in amber shed light on how moulting contributed to the demise of certain bird species

Zenger

Shedd, Field Museum, Art Institute saw thousands of visitors over NASCAR, July Fourth weekend

While attendance at Field and Art Institute were similar to previous years, Shedd saw more than double the amount of visitors on Monday, the day after the race, leading to long lines.

Chicago Sun-Times

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After nearly a year of planning, the NASCAR Chicago Street Race is here. Will it rev up the city’s economy as promised?

After months of planning, weeks of disruption and an 11th-hour push to complete the transformation of Grant Park into a pop-up NASCAR track, ready or not, the inaugural Chicago Street Race has arrived.

Chicago Tribune

‘Prairie Boat’ highlights attention to work at Beaubien Woods

“Prairie Boat,” a new gathering space at Beaubien Woods, highlights changes and updates at the often neglected site on the Southeast Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Field Museum debuts Spinosaurus exhibit featuring largest predatory dinosaur

The newest addition to the Field Museum on Chicago’s lakefront will give visitors a glimpse of the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered

The Independent UK

Huge ‘river monster’ dinosaur unveiled at Field Museum

The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Move over, Sue. Make room for Spinosaurus, the world’s largest predatory dinosaur

The Field Museum plans to unveil a cast created from fossils of the 46-footlong dinosaur June 3.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR street races forcing Museum Campus closures: Another summer headache for Chicago

Much of Grant Park will be closed to accommodate NASCAR. Now the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium have announced schedule changes because of road closures and expected crowds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Museum Campus to adjust operations for NASCAR Chicago Street Race

The Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium announced their hours of operation for June 28 through July 3.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Against all odds’: Field Museum explains evolution of social inequality through Balkan artifacts

With more than 700 pieces from 26 different institutions in 11 countries, ‘First Kings of Europe’ details humanity’s journey from equality to hierarchy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pottery colours tell a lot about power of empires: Study

Our use of colour to express who we are, where we come from, and what matters to us plays a significant role in our daily lives. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Field Museum scientists discover rare gold-throated hummingbird hybrid

The scientists, at first, thought they’d discovered a new species.

Chicago Sun-Times

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