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[RALEIGH, N.C.] — Did you know spiders can swim, jump and even “fly” hundreds of miles? This incredibly diverse group of animals has evolved and survived for 300 million years. Venture into their amazing world when “Spiders: Fear to Fascination” opens at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on Saturday, June 17. Often seen… Read More >

Photos taken by 2023 City Nature Challenge participants. Pictured left to right: margined calligrapher (a type of hover fly), purple martins, and a Piedmont ghost firefly female. By Chris Goforth, NCMNS Head of Citizen Science The City Nature Challenge (CNC) took place April 28–May 1, 2023, and the Museum joined in the fun once again!… Read More >

By Kimberly Catauedella, News & Observer The latest in our Asked & Answered series, in which we answer questions from the community, looks into car damage by rodents — specifically squirrels. Apex resident Donna Provance let us know she and her longtime partner Erik Lechak dealt with squirrel-inflicted damage to their 2001 Ford Ranger last… Read More >

By Darrell D. Stover, Head of North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program The competitive North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program is one of the many ways that the State of North Carolina invests in sustaining and advancing one of the most diverse and widespread networks of science museums in the country. These museums are critical… Read More >

Falls crayfish (Cambarus burchfielae). Photo: Mike Perkins. Click to enlarge. [RALEIGH, N.C.] — Tucked into the niches of neighboring streams, each draining off the Blue Ridge Mountains, reside two new species of crayfish found in North Carolina and nowhere else on the planet. Meet Cambarus lapidosus, aka the Stony Fork crayfish, named after a small tributary… Read More >