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A closeup photo of a common snapping turtle. The turtle’s armored leg is visible, as is its face. It has small eyes, hooked jaws, and leathery skin at its neck. Its leg has long claws.
A photo of a “king cheetah.” The animal is slender with a golden coat patterned with black splotchy stripes and spots.
A photo of an astronaut on the Moon. The surface of the moon is grayish in color. The astronaut’s space suit is white.
A photo of a Museum preparator working on a speculative skull of Apatosaurus. It is huge with a domed head and peg-like teeth.
A close up photo of a Pacific stargazer. The fish is mostly covered by sand. Its upturned face is visible, with large eyes and sharp teeth.
A cab drives on a New York City street, heading towards a sunset that appears between buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
A photo of a mole crab in a human hand. The animal is small, gray in color, and ovular in shape.
A photo of a polka dot wasp on a human finger. It is red, white, and blue.
A photo of a bald-headed uakari. It has a bright red, bald head. Its body is covered in orange hair.
A photo of a jumping spider looking at the viewer. It is perched on the finger of a human. The animal is gray in color with red markings near its eyes.
A photo of a fossilized trilobite. It is light brown in color, oblong in shape, and has a multi-segmented body.
A photo of the Museum’s large amethyst geode on display in the Halls of Gems & Minerals. Its crystals are a striking purple color.
A group of over 50 members of AMNH Pride are gathered on a street for the New York City Pride March. They are smiling at the camera; the members in the front are holding a sign that says, "Museums are for everyone." The sunny blue sky and tall New York City buildings are in the background.
A photo of a fossilized trilobite. It is dark in color with long spines.
A photo of the fossilized remains of two Coelophysis on display in the Museum’s Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs.
An overhead photo of the fossilized remains of two Coelophysis. The dinosaurs are bipedal, with smaller forelimbs. Their necks and tails are long.
A photo of the bronze cast of Coelophysis’ remains in the 81st street subway station. The animal is curled backward onto itself. It is slender and has a long neck.
A photo of a Museum preparator working on the fossilized remains of Coelophysis. The animal's skull is visible in this photo.
A photo of a star-nosed mole. It is surrounded by moss and other vegetation. It is primarily black with large, pinkish claws and an upturned nose which appears to be rimmed with tentacles.
A photo of a blue bee clinging to a tree. It is fuzzy in texture and primarily blue in color, with black legs.
A photo of a mountain tapir against a forest background. The animal is large and covered in dark, nearly black, fur. It has a long proboscis which protrudes over the edge of its mouth.
A photo of a Cape golden mole held in a human hand. The animal is grayish in color with white markings where its eyes would be. It's covered in fur, and its eyes are furred over as well. It has clawed pink digits.
A photo of a Great Grey Shrike standing amidst a thorny bush. It is gray, white, and black in color and is looking over its shoulder toward the viewer.
Boy wearing Knicks blue uniform in front of Stegosaurus
A photo of an Oncilla walking amidst patches of grass and large stones. The cat resembles a housecat but is patterned much like a leopard. It is yellowish with dark spots. Its underbelly is white. It has one forefoot raised, seemingly walking toward the viewer.
A photo of an iridescent ammonite. It appears to be rainbow, with shimmering shades of orange, green, blue, and yellow.
Wide shot of the Hall of the Universe at the American Museum of Natural History. A group of Museum visitors on the lower level of the hall are looking up at flags that are suspended from the planetarium from above. The flags represent competing countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026™.
Close-up of an Etruscan shrew sitting in a human hand. It looks minuscule in comparison. It has a mouse-like body with grayish brown hair and a long narrow snout.
Close up shot of the Museum’s Hayden Planetarium from the inside lit up in blue and orange.
A photo of a crab-eating fox sitting in grass. The animal is gray, with a dark snout, light colored eyes, and a pale underbelly.
A photo of the Sterling Hill slab on display in the Museum’s Halls of Gems and Minerals. It is fluorescent with a striped pattern of red and green. The silhouette of a man is visible in the foreground, highlighting its enormous size.
A photo of a leopard cat surrounded by tall grass. The cat is brown with spots and a pale underbelly. It has large pink ears and is looking upward.
A photo of Megalochelys atlas on display in the Museum. The giant turtle's skeleton is a dark brown color.
A photo of a perched on a branch. The bird is looking up and into the distance. It has a bluish head, a pinkish neck, an orange spot at the chest, and a green body.
A photo of a black-spotted Thwaitesia. The spider has a nearly translucent body with dazzling rainbow spots on its abdomen. It is framed by a black background.
A photo of a black-spotted Thwaitesia. The spider has a nearly translucent body with dazzling rainbow spots on its abdomen. It is framed by a black background.
A photo of a rainbow eucalyptus. Its bark is pale grayish in color, peeling to reveal dazzling shades of yellow-green, orange, and purple.
An archival black and white photo of Museum preparators working on three Tyrannosaur skulls. They are positioned in a row on a large table.
A nighttime photo of a civet. The animal has a feline body, with grayish fur and black markings. Its head resembles that of a mongoose.
A photo of an opossum covered with wood chips with its mouth open. It has grayish-white fur.
A photo of a fossilized trilobite. It is reddish in color and has a multi-segmented body.
A photo of a long-eared hedgehog. It is looking toward the viewer. The animal is small, tannish in color, and has large pale ears. It has beady black eyes and a slightly elongated snout.
A photo of the Barosaurus and Allosaurus in the Museum’s rotunda. The skeletons of the animals are dark in color. The long-necked Barosaurus is posed as if standing on its hind legs; the Allosaurus is posed as if lunging at the sauropod.
Rendering depicts Tylosaurus rex with teeth bared, swimming over a rocky outcrop.
A painting of Mary Anning. She is standing beside a small black and white dog. She is dressed in early 19th century attire with a bonnet and long green dress.
A photo of several death-feigning beetles in a human hand. They are blue in color. Two individuals are laying down, pretending to be dead.
A photo of a barred tiger salamander in profile. The animal has small, wide-set eyes and black patterning throughout its body.
A photo of the entrance to the Museum's For the Win exhibition, in the Meister Gallery in the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals.
A photo of the Museum's For the Win exhibition. The room is dark, with illuminated display cases filled with trophies, medals, and more.
A photo of a thin-spined porcupine. It is brownish in color and covered in short bristle-like quills. This porcupine is using its front hands to hold onto a branch.