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PaleoPalooza, the nation’s largest event dedicated to paleontology, comes to the Museum Saturday, November 14 RALEIGH — Got Dino fever? Well, you’re in luck! PaleoPalooza, the nation’s largest event dedicated to paleontology, will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on Saturday, November 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Formerly known… Read More >

RALEIGH — From the “Monkey Kingdom” to the “Bat Man of Mexico,” the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences presents the best of the 2015 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, on Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21. The Museum is the first venue to showcase the award-winning films from the 2015 Festival, considered the… Read More >

RALEIGH — King Kong! Mammoth! Behemoth! Goliath! As big as he is, the mightiest monster of all time is about to meet a colossal challenge … a thundering, 60-foot robot Kong of steel, creation of the evil Dr. Who, a criminal genius who stops at nothing. But you can stop and watch what happens when… Read More >

RALEIGH — Madagascar’s top predator, the cat-like fosa, finds life in the jungle increasingly difficult due to human expansion. Find out more about this elusive animal, its role at the top of the island’s food chain and efforts to save the species, when conservation scientist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Luke Dollar presents “Predators, People… Read More >

Cardinals and woodpeckers evolved from a hawk-like ancestor and most of the world’s water birds also appear to be a close-knit group, indicating one avian lineage quickly adapted to aquatic environments after most of the dinosaurs died out at the end of the Cretaceous period. These are among hundreds of other stories that make up… Read More >