Museum News

The Power of Nature in Our Lives

The Canadian Museum of Nature is supporting a national speaker series called Nature Talks about our everyday connection to nature.

Paying it forward through the Nature Inspiration Awards

Read how two recent winners, Ocean Tracking Network and Ungalli Clothing Inc., shared their prize to “pay it forward”. The Call for Nominations for the 2018 awards is now underway with a deadline of May 7.

Students flourish at the museum while learning to ‘handle with care’

Each year, the museum's scientists mentor students—from those getting their first experience in a lab, to Ph.D. candidates exploring detailed questions about natural history. Meet some of these scientists-in-training.

October 04, 2018—They’re back! Fly on over to the Museum to see live butterflies

October 03, 2018—Two-decade study shows dramatic colonization of invasive zebra mussels in Eastern Ontario’s Rideau River

September 20, 2018—Finalists announced for 2018 Nature Inspiration Awards from Canadian Museum of Nature

September 17, 2018—Deep freeze supports species discovery! National biodiversity cryobank opens at Canadian Museum of Nature

August 23, 2018—Discovery of first fossil turtle that lacked shell but had a toothless beak offers new insights into turtle evolution