NEWS

RALEIGH — Gamera! You are strong Gamera! But are you strong enough to resist attacking Tokyo while under the power of an alien with a remote control? Only one way to find out. Watch the fanged but friendly giant turtle in “Destroy All Planets,” on the big screen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural… Read More >

RALEIGH — Though hippos are often cited as killing more people than any other animal in Africa, human-hippopotamus conflict has rarely been studied. Discover the real story of this conflict and why it is an important issue for hippo conservation, when the North Carolina Zoo’s Corinne Kendall presents “Africa’s Greatest Killer? Understanding Human-Hippopotamus Conflict,” at… Read More >

RALEIGH—The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery presents “Beach~Headz: North Carolina Marine Fossil Portraits,” by Rick Jackson, First Friday, February 5 through February 28. Jackson will attend a reception in his honor on opening night from 6 to 8 p.m. inside the Gallery. Beach~Headz are naturally formed faces in the eroded shells… Read More >

It had been thought that all ants, wasps and other eusocial insects used a common class of chemical compounds to distinguish queens from workers and other members of their colonies or hives. But new research finds that there is significant variation in these chemical signals, even between closely related species. The work was done by… Read More >

RALEIGH — For someone who has only been practicing serious photography for about eight years, Frank Ellison has done pretty well for himself. Ellison, 53, took first place in the Invertebrate category in the 2014 Photo Competition and now earned the top prize in the 2015 Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition. His photo and… Read More >