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April 12, 2021—New study shows that shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction event

April 11, 2021—The Biodiversity Crisis: Earth Day science symposium hosted by the Canadian Museum of Nature

March 11, 2021—Call for Nominations: 2021 Nature Inspiration Awards

March 10, 2021—Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by fossilized lamprey larvae

February 17, 2021—A bounty of Canadian marine corals and sponges donated to the Canadian Museum of Nature

February 15, 2021—Canadian Museum of Nature reopens February 18 following two-month closure

November 25, 2020—Canadian Museum of Nature announces winners of the 2020 Nature Inspiration Awards

October 28, 2020—New species of 240-million-year-old marine predator had a built-in “float”

October 07, 2020—The Canadian Museum of Nature launches Nature Foundation

October 01, 2020—Planet Ice: Mysteries of the Ice Ages

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