Named Máximo, meaning “maximum” or “most” in Spanish, our titanosaur cast reaches 122 feet across Stanley Field Hall on our main floor and stands 28 feet tall at the head. Modeled from fossil bones ...

The University of Illinois Chicago is home to the first and only Arab American Cultural Center on a college campus, and staff members were at the Field Museum of Natural History on Wednesday to ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, wears gloves to protect her hands as she displays a deadly pong-pong seed ...

Kimberly Hansen, Collections Manager of Flowering Plants, The Field Museum, joins John Williams to talk about her work at the Field Museum, the now famous poison pong-pong tree plant that was featured ...

Nestled in The Field Museum's Economic Botany Collection, there's a locked "poisonous plants" cabinet -- and fans of The White Lotus might recognize something inside. "It was our founding ...

Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, shows off deadly pong-pong seed specimens collected in 1911 in India. It’s not only real, but at the Field Museum ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fans of "The White Lotus" will be able to see the infamous poisonous seeds at the Chicago's Field Museum. The seeds of the pong pong tree made their debut on the first episode of ...

This week another curious bit of science came in the crosshairs of pop culture as biotech company Colossal Biosciences claimed to have “resurrected” the dire wolf. The long-extinct carnivorous ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A dire wolf exhibit on display at the Field Museum, Wedneseday, April 9, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share This week another curious bit of science came in ...

But no visit to The Field Museum would be complete without some quality time with SUE, the facility's T. rex who just happens to be the largest, most complete T. rex ever discovered. SUE is 40 ...