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October 2025

Oct 8

Lunchtime Discovery: Studying Dragonflies With 10000 of My Closest Friends

Oct 8
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 9

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 9
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 11

Science TODAY: Dog Anxiety and Genetics

Oct 11
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Oct 12

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 12
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 15

Lunchtime Discovery: Lessons Learned from Our Rivers Following Hurricane Helene

Oct 15
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 16

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 16
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 16

Science Café: Impressionist Earth: How Geologists Turn Fragments into Paleontological Stories

Oct 16
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Oct 18

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Oct 18
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oct 19

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 19
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 22

Lunchtime Discovery: A Dive into Our Local Artificial Reefs

Oct 22
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 23

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 23
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 26

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 26
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Oct 29

Lunchtime Discovery: Feather Forensics: Murder, Mayhem, and the Life and Science of Roxie Laybourne

Oct 29
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 30

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Oct 30
1:30pm - 1:45pm

November 2025

Nov 2

Live Animal Feeding – Snapping Turtle

Nov 2
1:30pm - 1:45pm

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