Zoologist Katharine Jeannette Bush published a scholarly article in 1899 “based on a small, but very interesting, collection of gastropods belonging to the genus Turbonilla” that a “Mr. Pilsbry” had loaned to her for study.
Bush, a protégé of the renowned...
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host a Community Day on Saturday, June 1 to give visitors a chance to learn more about its upcoming renovation and expansion, participate in hands-on learning activities, and take a snapshot with a fearsome...
On July 12, 2011, a human bone was discovered jutting from a drainage trench at a construction site at Yale New Haven Hospital. The New Haven police and state coroner were called, but it was no crime scene.
Michael Massella, a security officer on duty at...
When Avery Sage was a student at New Haven Academy high school, he participated in the Evolutions Afterschool Program (EVO) at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, an experience that he credits with nurturing his passion for science and preparing...
While a crewmember on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit indulged his passion for photography.
Between 13-hour shifts performing maintenance work on the station and conducting experiments, Pettit pointed cameras out the station’...