Teen Program Applications Now Open
February 23, 2026
Don’t miss your chance to explore your interests, build valuable skills, and be part of a community that turns curiosity into action. The Museum offers opportunities for middle- and high-school students to dive deeper into a variety of science topics. Through hands-on program experiences, volunteers can connect what they’re learning in school to careers, current… Read More >
Expanding the Reach of (Turtle) Leeches
February 16, 2026
If you look close enough at the shell of a turtle, you might discover something you didn’t expect. Placobdella ali is a species of North American leech known to parasitize freshwater turtles, most often the common snapping turtle. The species was originally described in 2007 from specimens collected at Silver Mine Lake in New York… Read More >
N.C. Science Museums Grant Program Awards $2.4 Million to 58 Institutions Across the State
February 11, 2026
From the mountains to the coast, 58 institutions across the state have been awarded a total of $2.4 million in grants as part of the North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program. The program is one of the many ways that the State of North Carolina invests in sustaining and advancing one of the most diverse… Read More >
Claws That Snap
January 26, 2026
Dr. Adrian Smith – Head of the Museum’s Insect Research Lab and creator of the Ant Lab channel – recently filmed the attacks of dryinid parasitoid wasps (Gonatopus sp.) on their prey/hosts … hopper nymphs. The footage is the first of its kind and is part of a new study describing the anatomy, kinematics and… Read More >
Where Ghost Bones Sleep
January 22, 2026
Christian Kammerer, research curator of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, knows more about one version of our state’s natural world than almost anyone — a version from before the ocean touched our coast, before it was even part of North America. He lives here with us, but studies life that vanished… Read More >