From the Collections Blog

That’s one HUGE rodent!

We had two international researchers make a special trip to Columbus this week just to examine specimens in the natural history collections! OK, they're from Canada, but that's still international right!? Anyway, we were pleased to welcome Tessa Plint and Dr. Fred Longstaffe of the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science at the University of Western […]

THIS WEEK IN HOPEWELL CULTURE ARCHEOLOGY

A LIKELY SOURCE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE NEWARK DECALOUGE STONE

Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson!

Today is the 107th birthday of Rachel Carson. Unfortunately she died too young, at only 56 years old, of cancer. Ironically one of her greatest accomplishments was helping to ban agricultural use the synthetic pesticide DDT, which was later discovered to be linked to breast cancer. Her accomplishments are too numerous to describe in this […]

Great Summer with Dragonflies Galore!

DAYTON DAILY NEWS EDITOR VISITS OHIOS HOPEWELL EARTHWORKS

ADENA EFFIGY PIPE CONTRIBUTES TO A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART

Ohio Historical Society Announcement

OCTAGON OPEN HOUSE — MAY 27, 2014

DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE