NEWS

Meet the bluehead chub, the fish that builds stone nests! In this episode of the popular (and kid friendly) Spanish podcast Camaleón, Ichthyology Collections Manager Gabriela Hogue of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences explains how it builds its nest, its unusual spawning method, and why it helps so many other species. Listen now: •… Read More >

From Cretaceous crabs to a big mighty female Carolina redhorse, Museum collections have unlimited stories to tell. Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the ichthyology, paleontology and mammalogy collections with Dr. Adrian Smith, head of the Museum’s Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Lab and creator of the YouTube channel Ant Lab. “I think the coolest part of… Read More >

When’s the last time you watched a two-toed sloth have a physical? Or saw a tumor being removed from a copperhead? These are just a couple of the types of medical procedures that could be happening on any day at the Museum. Because along with housing enough live animals to be considered a mid-size zoo,… Read More >

An international research team, including North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences paleontologist Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar, has discovered a new species of therizinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bayanshiree Formation (~96-90 million years old) in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The dinosaur was named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, in honor of Chinzorig’s father, influential Mongolian paleontologist Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar. Unlike other… Read More >

On or about 13 May 2025 the NC Museum of Natural Sciences will authorize Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to submit a request to HUD for the release of Community Project funds under Grant number B-23-CP-NC-0953 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) (the FY2023 Act), as amended, to… Read More >