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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 >

RALEIGH — We know that dogs have an incredible sense of smell and that they are used to detect everything from narcotics to explosives and even some cancers, but few of us know how they do this. Join NC State University professor Dr. David Dorman for “How Your Dog’s Nose Works,” a presentation at the… Read More >

RALEIGH — Prepare for the shock of your life: a film that will overwhelm you with horror twice as grim, a hundred times more terrifying, with two mighty monsters locked in mortal combat. You can be afraid, but don’t miss one of the great classic horror films of the 1940s, when the North Carolina Museum… Read More >