/tags/new-mexico-museum-of-natural-history-science New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:00:10 GMT /local-news/2023-07-05/unm-ph-d-student-discovers-completely-new-african-bird-family A curious UNM doctoral student has stumbled upon a new type of bird family after exhaustively testing the genetic makeup of two white-crowned shrikes found in central and southern Africa. And, as it turns out, these birds have been misclassified for centuries. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:00:10 GMT /local-news/2023-07-05/unm-ph-d-student-discovers-completely-new-african-bird-family Bryce Dix /local-news/2022-08-25/misidentified-for-decades-one-new-mexico-fossil-led-to-the-eventual-discovery-of-a-new-dinosaur Half a century ago, in the rolling badlands of New Mexico’s Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, a dinosaur skull fossil was discovered. Scientists quickly identified the remains and moved on. Recently, a closer look at the fossil revealed something surprising––a completely new and undiscovered dinosaur. Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:35:07 GMT /local-news/2022-08-25/misidentified-for-decades-one-new-mexico-fossil-led-to-the-eventual-discovery-of-a-new-dinosaur Bryce Dix