Triangle SciTech Expo

From homemade slime to duct tape boats, Museum hosts Triangle SciTech Expo April 28

April 18, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. — Test drive a robot, create your own “slime,” build a boat out of duct tape, or help recreate North Carolina using LEGOs. The possibilities are endless as you check out Triangle SciTech Expo at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and immerse yourself in the excitement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering… Read More >


Tremors

“Tremors” – the monster movie that broke new ground – shows at Museum April 20

April 9, 2018

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — They say there’s nothing new under the sun. But under the ground … uhh. Welcome to the small, isolated town of Perfection, Nevada, where something has awakened under the surface. Quiet and deadly, the graboids have arrived, and you’ll only know they’re nearby when you feel the ground shake. Watch if you… Read More >


Dinosaur egg clutch in plaster resting on Utah desert with two paleontologists watching as helicopter arrives to airlift the fossils.

Rare Dinosaur Eggs Discovered by N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Paleontologist

March 29, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. — Of all the ways humans interact with dinosaurs, eating their eggs is surely the most commonplace. Visit any home in America today and you’ll undoubtedly encounter a dozen or so biding their time in the fridge next to a quart of milk and brick of butter. Yet, finding a fossilized dinosaur egg… Read More >


"As Far As I Can Reach #1" (cropped) by Linda Fuller.

“Voices of Light, Wood and Water” featured at Museum’s Nature Art Gallery in April

March 26, 2018

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery presents “Voices of Light, Wood and Water,” artwork by Linda Fuller. The show will run April 6–29, with a Gallery reception Saturday, April 7, 2–4 p.m. All exhibited art is for sale. Fuller is a North Carolina native who lived most of her… Read More >


New species Sylvirana malayana. Photo: L. Lee Grismer.

Five new species of frogs identified in museum collections

March 21, 2018

New species Sylvirana malayana. Photo: L. Lee Grismer. https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/newsroom/five-new-species-of-frogs-identified-in-museum-collections/