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  1. It’s ! Take a peek at one of the treasures in the Museum's Memorabilia Collection: a plexiglass eye from the iconic blue whale model! When Museum artists renovated the 94-ft model in 2001, they updated its 1960s eyes, retiring this one to the collection!🐋👀

    A plexiglass whale eye model on a black backdrop. The eye is an oval shape and has a large brown iris with a beige-colored pupil in its center.
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  2. We’re closing out the big game day with the Little Owl! The stats of this small “birb”? It stands ~8 in (20 cm) tall & weighs an avg of 5.8 oz (164 g). It mainly eats small mammals & insects—& may store extra food in pits for later consumption. [📸: Imran Shah]

    A Little Owl is perched atop a light gray boulder staring toward the viewer. It has a small, yellow beak, and mottled white and brown plumage. It appears as if it is puffing its chest and squinting its eyes at the viewer.
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  3. FLASH SALE: We’re releasing 80 more tickets for our popular Year in Review evening program at the Museum. Reserve your tickets now! >>

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  4. The Great Horned Owl isn’t watching the game this . Instead, it's on the lookout for its next meal. The fierce predator, sometimes referred to as the “tiger owl,” has a spine-crushing grip that takes 28 lb (12.7 g) of force to open when clenched. [📸: Greg Hume]

    Close up of a Great Horned Owl from the chest, up. It has mottled brown, white, and rufous plumage. Its body is facing the left, but its head is turned toward the viewer and the owl appears to be staring at you with its round yellow eyes. Its ears are perked up on the sides of its head.
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  5. is here! That means all owls, all the time. First up: the Buffy Fish Owl, a SE Asian species that inhabits tropical forests near water & feasts on fish, frogs, & crustaceans. The rough skin under its toes may aid it in grasping slippery prey.🦉🐟[📸:lonelyshrimp]

    A Buffy Fish Owl is perched on a tree branch in the night. It has fluffy beige plumage on its chest and darker brown plumage on its face, backside, and wings. It has a black beak and round, yellow eyes that are wide open.
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  6. The wide-ranging Eurasian lynx can claim a few superlatives. Of the 4 lynx species, it’s the largest, growing up to 24 in (60 cm) tall & weighing ~62 lbs (28 kg). It’s also one of the largest predators in Europe, behind only the brown bear & gray wolf. [📸:Bernard Landgraf]

    Head on shot of a Eurasian lynx laying out on dirt and grass. It has its head perked up and is staring toward the viewer with its amber-colored eyes. The lynx has orange and white fur with black markings. It has black tufts atop each ear and white whiskers on its snout.
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  7. Meet the smallest rabbit in N. America, the pygmy rabbit! On average, it weighs just under 1 lb (.45 kg) & grows 11 in (28 cm) long. It inhabits deserts & shrubland across the northwestern U.S. It also digs its own burrows—unusual among N. American rabbits!🐰 [📸: USFWS]

    A pygmy rabbit peeks out from its burrow and is surrounded by a snowy landscape. The rabbit has grayish-brown fur and short rounded ears that are perked up. It has round black eyes and is looking toward the left.
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  8. Find out how stories can be harnessed to motivate action on climate change at the next on Wednesday, February 5. will explore how people think about energy use & climate change using methods engineering, public policy, & psychology:

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  9. Meet the colorful Jambu Fruit Dove! Its green plumage helps it camouflage with the lush foliage in Southeast Asian forests & mangroves. Both males & females have hues of green, but only males have a bright pink patch on the head. [📸: Snowmanradio]

    A Jambu Fruit Dove is perched on a tree branch facing the viewer. It has its head slightly turned toward the right of the frame. It has a patch of magenta plumage on its face and head, white on its neck and chest, and green down its back and wings. It has a yellow beak.
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  10. The ghost-faced bat's bizarre look can be attributed to rounded ears that connect at the top of its face. During the day, it roosts in caves with up to 500,000 others—it likes its personal space, though, & usually keeps ~6 in (150 mm) away from neighbors.👻🦇 [📸: Alex Borisenko]

    Close-up profile of the side of a ghost-faced bat looking toward the right of the frame. It has light brown fur and a round head with flaps of skin on its chin and its rounded ears connecting in the center of its face.
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  11. This goes out to all of the Stegosaurus fans out there! Did you know that at one time, some scientists thought Stegosaurus had a “second brain” because the one in its head seemed so small? The dinosaur did, however, manage with one walnut-sized brain.

    A charcoal-colored Stegosaurus fossil skeleton on display in the Museum. It has plates of armor along the ridge of its back.
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  13. For , get to know Grevy’s zebra. It’s the largest & most horse-like of the 3 living species of zebra. In fact, it’s the largest wild member—weighing up to 950 lbs (430 kg)—of the Equidae family, which also includes horses & donkeys!🦓 [📸: Bernard Dupont]

    A Grevy's zebra standing in tall grass facing the right side of the frame. It has black and white stripes on its coat and a crest of black and white hair going down its head and neck.
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  14. Meet the white dragontail! A unique trait of this winged-critter? Its wings are relatively short, and each is equipped with a tail at the end. To fly, it flaps its wings at a fast rate, similar to a dragonfly, and leverages the tail to help guide its movement. [📸: Subhendukhan]

    Profile of a white dragontail resting on a surface. It has short, translucent wings with black markings and a long tail at the end of each wing. Its body is a silvery-white color and it has black antennae on top of its head. It also has big black eyes.
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  15. The colors of the Superb Fruit Dove are quite superb, wouldn’t you say? It's native to parts of Australia and spends much of its time in the tree canopy foraging for fruit—such as figs & palms—to munch. It plays a big role in dispersing the seeds, too! [📸: themonnie]

    Close-up of a Superb Fruit Dove's upper-half of the body. Its head is turned toward the left of the frame. It has a bright lavender-colored patch atop its head and a mix pf green, orange, white, and purple plumage along its chest, neck, and wings. It has yellow eyes, and a grayish beak.
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    This amazing new planetarium show is like Google Earth for the universe

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  17. It's the Museum's 150th anniversary! Share your favorite Museum memories with us—you might be featured in an upcoming post!

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  18. Smile, it’s ! This photo was snapped between 1900-05. This skull cast was first displayed with the Museum's Apatosaurus, the 1st sauropod ever mounted (then dubbed Brontosaurus.) Turns out, it wasn't the right skull! Today, it's in the Museum's collections.

    Colorized, vintage photo of a man with sculpting tools and a large cast dinosaur skull, possibly made of painted plaster. The skull has teeth, and looks as though it is smiling.
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  19. It’s web-footed gecko Wednesday! This critter has a few advantageous traits that allow it to thrive in its desert habitat in Namibia. Its webbed feet help it dig burrows & efficiently run on the fine desert sand, & its translucent skin is great for camouflage! [📸: Joanne Goldby]

    Close up of a web-footed gecko standing on a human's palm. The gecko has translucent beige-colored skin with darker brown markings. It has big, egg-shaped eyes and is facing the left of the frame.
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  20. What has shimmering rose & emerald plumage, weighs as much as a nickel, & lives along the Pacific Coast? Anna’s Hummingbird! During courtship rituals, males often fly 131 ft (40 m) high, followed by a vertical dive that showcases their iridescent plumage. [📸: Nigel]

    An Anna's Hummingbird is perched on a thin branch. It is facing the left; it has reddish-pink, sparkling plumage on its face, and a mix of gray and sparkling green plumage on its wings and back.
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