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To understand and track how animals respond to global changes, researchers need accurate and timely estimates of species distributions. Typically, ecologists rely on range maps created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its commissions of scientists and experts. These maps illustrate suitable habitats and where animal species are likely to occur… Read More >

[RALEIGH, N.C.] — For the first time ever, a dozen teachers from across North Carolina will experience South Africa like never before as part of a new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Educators of Excellence Institute. From July 20 to Aug. 4, Museum educators will lead a select group of teachers through the best… Read More >

  Around 20 million years ago, in a time known as the early Miocene, an interesting selection of large mammals roamed eastern North Carolina. Where now you might see white-tailed deer and black bears, back then humans (if they had existed) might have run across a little red panda or even a rhinoceros. Add to… Read More >

One morning in late April, Research Curator of Herpetology Dr. Bryan Stuart drove to Raleigh-Durham International Airport to pick up an unusual passenger. Seems a live tree frog had become an accidental stowaway in the luggage of a person flying in from Honduras. When Stuart met with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents who… Read More >

Forget Dutton Ranch. This summer, a dozen science educators from across North Carolina will experience the natural world like never before as part of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Yellowstone Institute. From June 18 to 26, Museum educators will lead a select group of teachers through Yellowstone — America’s first national park —… Read More >