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Cardamom Leaf-litter Frog (Leptobrachella neangi). Photo copyright by Thy Neang. Although Leaf-litter Frogs are found throughout the forests of Southeast Asia, only a single individual of an unknown species had been recorded in the vast Cardamom Mountains. This has now changed, with the scientific discovery of the Cardamom Leaf-Litter Frog, named in honour of Cambodian… Read More >

From the Museum’s Head of the Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab, Dr. Adrian Smith: Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning eight different taxonomic orders captured at 3,200fps!

The only interaction that most people have with the Virginia Opossum is on the road! Sadly, that is not usually a good interaction for the opossum. The opossum is not well-suited for crossing heavily traveled roads. They are slow and apt to freeze when danger approaches — not a good formula for crossing roads. Some… Read More >

The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is very common in North Carolina and widely distributed in North America, but most people don’t give the opossum much thought. Most know that it is a marsupial, making it a distant cousin to kangaroos. The Virginia Opossum was even designated as North Carolina’s official state marsupial in 2013. Of… Read More >

Epicenter map courtesy United States Geological Survey. Anyone out of bed on this Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. probably felt an earthquake. It was located in the mountains, near Sparta, NC. It was fairly shallow, about 2.3 miles down. You can help out the United States Geological Survey with their Did You Feel It? program…. Read More >