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RALEIGH — It all began as a dingy closet-like space at Columbia University in the early 1900s. It was here that the basic laws that govern heritability and the passing of traits were discovered – work that would eventually win the lab a Nobel Prize in 1933 and formed the foundation of the genetic discoveries… Read More >

Chefs Sam Bradford of Plates Kitchen and Matt Lowery of Mura North Hills vie for the title of BugFest Critter Cook-off Champ 2015 RALEIGH — The BugFest Critter Cook-off, the official start to BugFest, will be held on Friday, September 18 at 11 a.m. in the main building of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences… Read More >

Museum Director Emlyn Koster receives Thad Eure Jr. Memorial Award at 2015 GRCVB Annual Meeting RALEIGH — North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Director Emlyn Koster, Ph.D. was in the winners’ circle at the 2015 Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau (GRCVB) Annual Meeting last Thursday, August 27, held at the Raleigh Convention Center. Koster won… Read More >

RALEIGH — What’s extreme about mammals? How about a four-ton tongue? A tooth bigger than you? A bumblebee-sized bat? Visit the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for the grand opening of its new special exhibition, “Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time” on Saturday, September 26 from 10am to… Read More >

RALEIGH — Did you know there are 20 different cicada species in North Carolina, each with their own call? And cicadas were actually around to annoy the dinosaurs, 100 million years ago? Discover all you ever wanted to know and more about cicadas and all the other little denizens of the insect world at BugFest 2015,… Read More >