Last fall, the Yale Peabody Museum had a surplus of cigar boxes — dozens of them. It’s not that folks there were lighting up stogies left and right, though. The boxes had served a scientific purpose: ...

It was one year ago New Haven’s Yale Peabody Museum opened its doors again after a massive four-year renovation. It was a complete overhaul of the 159-year-old museum. “The museum’s gallery space is ...

On March 26, the renovated Peabody Museum of Natural History opened. In addition to making the museum more accessible to Yale and outside visitors, the updated museum aims to better acknowledge its ...

The Ichthyornis is a toothed bird that links birds with reptiles. Robert Lorenz / Yale Peabody Museum When visitors go to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, they are not exactly wrong to ...