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Beyond Bones

Beyond Bones

By: Houston Museum of Natural Science
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 A museum is only as special as the treasures it watches over. For the Houston Museum of Natural Science, that’s more than 2.5 million objects. Each of these amazing items -- from hulking dinosaur mummies to delicate butterfly wings and intricately carved seashells -- has a story. Join curators and experts as they share where these objects came from and what happens once they get to HMNS.

Got an object you’d like to learn more about? How about a science question you’ve been dying to ask? Let us know at podcasts@hmns.org.Houston Museum of Natural Science Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Let's call this a kind of...Mummification "Orientation"

    Let's call this a kind of...Mummification "Orientation"
    Jul 1 2025
    Kat Havens joins the podcast in our beautiful Hall of Ancient Egypt to discuss the, well, gutwrenching process of mummification!

    Website: https://www.hmns.org/

    eMail: Podcasts@HMNS.org

    The smell of a mummy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mummies-from-ancient-egypt-smell-surprisingly-nice-scientists-say/
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals

    Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals
    Jun 2 2025
    (00:00:00) Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals
    (00:22:08) In with the Foxes

    Our new exhibit "Extreme Animals Alive" showcases the superhero-like adaptations of some awesome animals. In this episode, we talk about Fennec Foxes specifically, and the blood, sweat, tears, and dedication that goes into caring for the animals in our museum.

    Website: https://www.hmns.org/

    Email: Podcasts@hmns.org

    YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/Blm8WukRZHI

    0:00 Outside Exhibit
    22:10 Inside with the Foxes
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    59 mins
  • Two Big, Two Fail: The Life and Demise of Ice Age Giants, Ground Sloths & Armadillos

    Two Big, Two Fail: The Life and Demise of Ice Age Giants, Ground Sloths & Armadillos
    May 1 2025
    Giant Ground Sloths and Giant Armadillos (Eremotherium and Glyptodon) were seemingly too big to fail...yet time comes for us all. So, how did these Ice Age (Pleistocene) get SO big, and why did they go extinct?

    Previous episode mentioned:

    Fossil Preperation
    https://open.spotify.com/episode/5762aSEEWuQeUVqJGIo6NK?si=2f6420a3c6ab4d19

    Email: Podcasts@HMNS.org
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    46 mins
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