Buffalo Museum of Science

Your word of the day is “tautonym” 👩‍🏫 [The Go Fish project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, MA-253193-OMS-23.]

This isn’t clickbait - you will legit never believe what the gene that controls forelimb development is called. The research paper for those interested is: Lennie, Kendra I.; Manske, Sarah L.; Mansky, Chris F.; Anderson, Jason S. (2021). “Locomotory behaviour of early tetrapods from Blue Beach, Nova Scotia, revealed by novel microanatomical analysis”. Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5): 210281. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810281L. doi:10.1098/rsos.210281. PMC 8150034. PMID 34084552

We said what we said 😤

Which one should I use in the next email to my boss? 😘 #museumhumor

Disclaimer: We ❤️ Alex Don’t forget, the Museum is closed on Thursdays in November and December! We will have extended weekend hours from 9am-5pm through Dec. 31.

That’s a wrap on H2Whoa Month! Abbey brings it home with some fun facts about cave fish and karst formations. #12monthsofscience #h2whoamonth

EEL PT. 2! Answering some of your top questions and maybe some more electric slide! #12monthsofscience #h2whoamonth

Abbey’s eel-y excited to talk about electric eels for H2Whoa Month! Watch til the end for Abbey and Luke attempting the Electric Slide 😂 #12monthsofscience #h2whoamonth

The irony is not lost on us but just come to the Museum during Living Earth Month anyway 😇 #livingearthmonth #12monthsofscience

Get yourself a supervisor like Paige 💪 Don’t disappoint Abbey and leave your *very nice* comments below! And don’t miss Paige’s next BTS Vertebrate Zoology tour on July 16, perfect for celebrating Living Earth Month, even though everything you’ll be seeing is ironically dead. #livingearthmonth #12monthsofscience #fishfacts

We let our dinosaurs pick the name for our new sports themed exhibit 🏈 Stay tuned to see who won and what our new exhibit will be called! Eager to find out more about what we have in store for this brand new exhibit? We’ll be dropping new videos and sneak peeks all day long on Give 716 Day, 7/16/25, so make sure you’re following us! #sciencestadium #give716 #buffalobills #buffalosabres #letsgobuffalo

If the Museum were an episode of Seinfeld 😂 Join us all month long for Messy Science Month! All month long we’ll be showing you cool science experiments like these alka seltzer rockets, elephant toothpaste, and how to make slime. Learn more at the link! #12monthsofscience #messysciencemonth #seinfeld #seinfeldparody

Proudly AAM Accredited since 1979 😎

Sorry, Chad ❤️ If you were born on April 25, 2004 or before, come to Science After Hours: To Infinity & Beer-ond for a night of beer tastings, astronomy, and intergalactic fun! Chad will be checking IDs at the door, register at the link! #scienceafterhours #spacemonth #12monthsofscience #stepoutbuffalo #thingstodoinbuffalo #visitbuffaloniagara #buffalony

Fossil Fish Friday: Another nightmare creature! 👻 SPELLING EDIT: It’s “xiphactinus” #fossilfishfriday #fishfriday #12monthsofscience #rockinfossilsmonth #dinofest #fishfacts #fishtok #science #prehistoricplanet