NC Museum of Natural Sciences establishing two new branches in Pitt County
November 24, 2020
The new NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Contentnea Creek is a 400-acre outdoor learning center in Grifton. Raleigh, N.C. – Through an innovative partnership between the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and A Time for Science, the Museum is establishing two new branches in Pitt County. The NC Museum of Natural Sciences at… Read More >
Nature Now! Liking Lichens
November 19, 2020
Pixie cups: a type of squamulose lichen. I like lichens! Anybody who has been on a hike with me knows that. I am quick to fall on my hands and knees to marvel at some lichen along the trail that most people would walk by and never see. I am not so quick to get… Read More >
What’s THAT? Ask a Naturalist!
November 18, 2020
Eastern Box Turtle | Rat-tailed Maggot | Batfish | Mystery Crystals | Glowworms | Pokeweed | Grass Carp Teeth | Eastern Dobsonfly | Armored Mudballs | Marine Bristle Worm | Black Widow Spiders | Clematis | Hawks at Your Birdfeeder | Fossil Shark Teeth | Copperhead vs. Ratsnake | Baby Orb Weaver Spiders | Hammerhead… Read More >
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to receive the “Dueling Dinosaurs”
November 17, 2020
Artist’s rendering of battling tyrannosaurs and Triceratops horridus. Illustration: Anthony Hutchings. © Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Click image to enlarge. Museum will launch global paleontology education and research project featuring “America’s most spectacular fossil” [Raleigh, N.C. — Nov. 17, 2020] — The nonprofit organization Friends of the North Carolina Museum of… Read More >
New video: How does the click beetle “click” jump work?
November 10, 2020
Dr. Adrian Smith, Head of the Museum’s Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab, has posted a new video showing close up how the click beetle jump works. Dr. Smith says, “The spring-loaded “click” of a click beetle is one of the most unique ways of jumping in the insect world! Once I heard about how… Read More >