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Coyotes eat deer, but not enough to limit the deer population at a large scale. A new study of deer numbers across the eastern United States has found that the arrival and establishment of coyote predators has not caused the number of deer harvested by hunters to decline.  “With wolves and cougars extinct in… Read More >

RALEIGH, N.C. — This March, take a deep dive into the world of toads, from the diminutive oak toad to the aptly named spadefoot toad, a uniquely adapted resident of the Southwest US deserts. Visitors can come face-to-face with a menagerie of reptiles and amphibians from North Carolina and around the world at the North… Read More >

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery presents “Paintings Done Outside,” artwork by Emily Eve Weinstein. The show runs March 1–31, with a Gallery reception Saturday, March 2, 2–4 p.m. All exhibited art is for sale. Weinstein, a Triangle-area resident since 1982, formally studied art at Academie Charpentier in… Read More >

Illustration: Jorge Gonzalez. Click for full-sized image. EMBARGOED UNTIL FEB. 21, 2019 AT 9:00 A.M. EST A newly discovered, diminutive – by T. rex standards – relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came to rule the North American roost. Meet Moros intrepidus, a small… Read More >

Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and paleontologist at North Carolina State University, will announce the discovery of a new, diminutive – by T. rex standards – relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs. The discovery reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came to rule… Read More >