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A total solar eclipse will cross North America next month, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Dr. Patrick Treuthardt is the Assistant Head of the Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and he’s pretty excited for the April eclipse. “Everybody in the contiguous United States is… Read More >

By Rachel Duensing RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Three Kemp’s ridley sea turtles needed a little extra TLC after being cold stunned, which is how they ended up at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Dr. Dan Dombrowski, Director of Veterinary Sciences at the museum explains that when ocean water drops below 55… Read More >

Jonny Behrens looks for aquatic macroinvertebrates with Duke Forest Research Tour participants. By Sophie Cox We walked down a short trail by the creek, and the tour split into two groups. Our group walked farther along the stream to meet two herpetologists studying the elusive dwarf waterdog. Bryan Stuart, Ph.D., Research Curator of Herpetology at… Read More >

The new director of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences approaches the experience at Raleigh’s state-of-the-art institution with an educator’s mind. by Lori D. R. Wiggins | photography by Rob Hammer In June, Dr. Denise Young became the executive director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, including its flagship location downtown and four… Read More >

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Fields at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh were on fire Thursday, but for good reason. “It’s used as a management technique to take what’s above the ground, burn it back,” explains Emma Blackford, head of the Ecostation. “It exposes seeds and it adds nutrients to the soil through the ash… Read More >