ocr: as well as dozens of other major finds, these expeditions are among the most significant the Museum has undertaken. Expeditions continue to be an integral part of the work done at the Museum, and they number more than one hundred every year. Since 1990, new expeditions to the Gobi Desert, undertaken in collaboration with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, have been revisiting sites examined by the Central Asiatic Expeditions as well as new areas. These expeditions have yielded several important fossil finds, including Mononykus, 35