NEWS

Erin Apple, Coordinator of Youth Programs at the NCMNS and a member of the YES-Resilience Project Team, connects with program participants over Zoom in preparation for demonstrating a prescribed burn at Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh, NC. Photo: Dana Haine/UNC IE. Recently, the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement With Science, in collaboration with… Read More >

Tune into PBS North Carolina on Wednesdays at 7:30PM (EDT) today through June 30 to catch Dr. Adrian Smith, Head of the Museum’s Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Lab, on Sci NC with veteran reporter Frank Graff! Sci NC highlights the latest stories from NC and across the nation, interviews leading scientists, shares fascinating demonstrations and… Read More >

Brood VI Magicicada septendecim. Photo: Matt Bertone. By Colin Brammer, PhD, Coordinator of the Natural World Investigate Lab In the coming weeks, parts of the eastern United States are going to experience a rare and special treat: the mass emergence of millions of Magicicada periodical cicadas. Why a treat, you ask? It is one of… Read More >

By Chris Goforth, Head of Citizen Science, and Jess Wackes, PR & Marketing Coordinator It’s that time in nature when the flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida) are blooming!  These beauties will pop up more and more as summer approaches, though flowering dogwoods are lovely any time of the year. Petals, but not really… The flowering dogwood… Read More >

By Amanda Hapeman, Assistant Curator of Reptiles, Amphibians, and Ambassador Animals It’s finally springtime! The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing … and the snakes are slithering. The last one may not seem to fit the scene, but snakes and other reptiles are starting to emerge from their winter slumber… Read More >