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Nature Inspiration Awards
Find out about the award winners and their extraordinary achievements.
Cool New Cryobank!
Nature Scoop
Go behind the scenes of the new National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada. Watch the video.
Museum News
With ongoing research, new exhibitions and dynamic programming, there is always a lot happening at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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Museum closed until further notice due to Ontario COVID restrictions
The Canadian Museum of Nature will remain closed until further notice, in line with province-wide restrictions announced January 12 by the Government of Ontario.
A whale of a find: ice-age beluga featured in Planet Ice exhibition
The presence of the “Pakenham whale” links to a time 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, when an ice-age inlet of the Atlantic Ocean blanketed parts of Ontario and Quebec. This habitat for aquatic life, known as the Champlain Sea, was created by the retreating glaciers during the close of the last glacial period.
Tale of a tube worm—a new species from the Gulf of St. Lawrence
A tiny and elusive marine worm from the St. Lawrence Estuary has a new identity—thanks to the persistence of the museum’s Curator of Invertebrates, Dr. Jean-Marc Gagnon.
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The Museum's Blog
See all posts »- What Colour Are Fossils? Where Science and Artistry Merge
Join Alan McDonald as he answers one of the most popular questions of museumgoers: what colour are dinosaur fossils and why?
- Canadian Museum of Nature Science During the Pandemic
Join Jeff Saarela as he celebrates the achievements of the museum’s research and collections team over the past year despite the continued spread of COVID-19.
