Nature Research Center

121 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601 United States

919.707.9800

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March 2025

Mar 26

Lunchtime Discovery: Mountain Strong: Rising from the Storm

Mar 26
12:00pm - 1:00pm

April 2025

Apr 5

Feathers Fill the Sky: Bird Tales from Around the World

Apr 5
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Apr 9

Lunchtime Discovery: Budding Backyard Biologists

Apr 9
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Apr 13

Dueling Dinosaurs Sensory Friendly Mornings

Apr 13
10:00am - 12:00pm
Apr 16

Lunchtime Discovery: Weathering the Storm: The Benefits of Restoring Natural Floodplains for Communities and Ecosystems

Apr 16
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Apr 23

Lunchtime Discovery: Teachers on the Tower: Journey to Frying Pan Shoals

Apr 23
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Apr 25

Museum Untold After-Hours

Apr 25
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Apr 30

Lunchtime Discovery: Who Mapped it Best? Exploring Satellite Imagery Options for Flood Mapping

Apr 30
12:00pm - 1:00pm

May 2025

May 4

May the Science Be With You!

May 4
12:00pm - 3:30pm
May 7

Lunchtime Discovery: North Carolina Resilient Coastal Communities Program

May 7
12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 11

Dueling Dinosaurs Sensory Friendly Mornings

May 11
10:00am - 12:00pm
May 14

Lunchtime Discovery: Cleaning up Western North Carolina’s Rivers after Hurricane Helene

May 14
12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 17

OBSERVER Screening and Exploration

May 17
1:00pm - 3:00pm
May 21

Lunchtime Discovery: Human Health, Wildland Fires, and Cultural Burning in North Carolina

May 21
12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 28

Lunchtime Discovery: Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems in North Carolina

May 28
12:00pm - 1:00pm
May 31

Dino Dig Live

May 31
12:00pm - 12:30pm

June 2025

Jun 3

Science TODAY: Live Gila Monster Feeding

Jun 3
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jun 8

Dueling Dinosaurs Sensory Friendly Mornings

Jun 8
10:00am - 12:00pm
Jun 10

Science TODAY

Jun 10
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jun 21

Science TODAY: Blood Sucking Bugs

Jun 21
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jun 22

Happy Birthday, Acro!

Jun 22
12:00pm - 12:30pm

July 2025

Jul 2

Science TODAY: Are We Alone in the Universe?

Jul 2
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jul 11

Dino Dig Live

Jul 11
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jul 13

Dueling Dinosaurs Sensory Friendly Mornings

Jul 13
10:00am - 12:00pm
Jul 15

Science TODAY: Whale Watching from Space

Jul 15
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jul 16

Science TODAY: World Snake Day

Jul 16
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jul 23

Science TODAY

Jul 23
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jul 25

Dino Dig Live

Jul 25
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Jul 30

Science TODAY

Jul 30
12:00pm - 12:30pm

August 2025

Aug 5

Science TODAY

Aug 5
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Aug 7

Dino Dig Live

Aug 7
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Aug 9

Science TODAY: Blood Sucking Bugs

Aug 9
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Aug 16

Dino Dig Live

Aug 16
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Aug 30

Science TODAY: Dog Anxiety and Genetics

Aug 30
12:00pm - 12:30pm

September 2025

Sep 10

Lunchtime Discovery: A Wildening: Early Reflections on a Residency at Dix Park

Sep 10
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sep 17

Lunchtime Discovery: Why Silly Science Matters

Sep 17
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sep 18

Science Café: Why Silly Science Matters

Sep 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sep 24

Lunchtime Discovery: Environmental Stewardship – Conversation with NC DEQ Secretary Reid Wilson

Sep 24
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sep 27

Science TODAY: Dog Anxiety and Genetics

Sep 27
12:00pm - 12:30pm

October 2025

Oct 1

Lunchtime Discovery: Ready, Set, Resilience: Supporting Kids, Teachers, and Communities with Stories from Nature

Oct 1
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 8

Lunchtime Discovery: Studying Dragonflies With 10000 of My Closest Friends

Oct 8
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 14

STEAM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities

Oct 14
9:30am - 12:30pm
Oct 15

Science Detectives: Microscopic Pond Life

Oct 15
10:45am - 11:45am
Oct 15

Lunchtime Discovery: Lessons Learned from Our Rivers Following Hurricane Helene

Oct 15
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 18

Educator Trek: Butterfly Pinning and Backyard Bug Collecting

Oct 18
9:00am - 12:00pm
Oct 18

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Oct 18
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oct 22

Lunchtime Discovery: A Dive into Our Local Artificial Reefs

Oct 22
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oct 29

Lunchtime Discovery: Feather Forensics: Murder, Mayhem, and the Life and Science of Roxie Laybourne

Oct 29
12:00pm - 1:00pm

November 2025

Nov 5

Lunchtime Discovery: Navigating the Murky Waters of Crayfish Conservation

Nov 5
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Nov 12

Lunchtime Discovery: The Life of a Showgirl: The Flashy but Destructive Spotted Lanternfly

Nov 12
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Nov 13

Digital Earth: Hurricane Helene

Nov 13
11:00am - 11:30am
Nov 19

Science Detectives: Climate Change Lecture

Nov 19
10:45am - 11:45am
Nov 19

Lunchtime Discovery: Intro to Biomimicry: Crossing the Bridge to the Future

Nov 19
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Nov 21

The Science is Right

Nov 21
11:30am - 12:00pm
Nov 22

Science TODAY: Training a Sloth

Nov 22
11:00am - 11:30am

December 2025

Dec 3

Lunchtime Discovery: Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth

Dec 3
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dec 10

Lunchtime Discovery: Get GatorWise! What Everyone Should Know About Alligators in North Carolina

Dec 10
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dec 11

Sea Turtle Conservation Action Program

Dec 11
10:30am - 11:30am
Dec 17

Lunchtime Discovery: The Bug House Legacy: Uncovering the History of the Washington Field Museum

Dec 17
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dec 18

Science Café: Quantum Tunneling on a Macroscopic Scale

Dec 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Dec 27

The Climate Crisis You Never Heard of with Daily Dino Guy

Dec 27
1:00pm - 1:30pm

January 2026

Jan 7

Lunchtime Discovery: Improving Ocean Education Through Global Collaboration with the OCEAN FOR ALL Alliance

Jan 7
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jan 15

Science Café: Connectivity, Corridors, and Coexistence

Jan 15
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jan 21

Science Detectives: Beyond the Study Skin

Jan 21
10:45am - 11:45am
Jan 21

Lunchtime Discovery: AI and The Science of Connection: How Knowledge Graphs Reveal Hidden Patterns in Biomedicine

Jan 21
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jan 28

Lunchtime Discovery: From Mountains to Sea at the Cameron Art Museum

Jan 28
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jan 30

Educator Trek: Bird Collections

Jan 30
9:00am - 5:00pm

February 2026

Feb 3

Science TODAY

Feb 3
11:30am - 12:00pm
Feb 4

Lunchtime Discovery: A Fabulous Thru-Hike

Feb 4
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Feb 5

Science TODAY

Feb 5
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Feb 11

Lunchtime Discovery: NC Freedom Park: Liberty, Resilience and Inspiration

Feb 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Feb 13

Science TODAY: Galápagos tortoises for Pullen Park

Feb 13
11:30am - 12:00pm
Feb 17

Science TODAY: Invasive Freshwater Mollusks

Feb 17
11:30am - 12:00pm
Feb 18

Science Detectives: Electronics for Beginners

Feb 18
10:45am - 11:45am
Feb 18

Lunchtime Discovery: Opening Doors to Research: Engaging and Empowering Undergraduates

Feb 18
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Feb 19

Science Café: Rhinos, Red Pandas, and Hell Pigs, Oh My!

Feb 19
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Feb 24

Illuminating AI Series: How AI Catalyzes New Biodiversity Science

Feb 24
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Feb 25

Lunchtime Discovery: Cultivating Curiosity: How Akeem Keeps Bees Connects Children to Nature, Food and Purpose

Feb 25
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Feb 26

Science TODAY: Dragonflies

Feb 26
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Feb 27

Science TODAY: What Makes You…You?

Feb 27
11:30am - 12:00pm

March 2026

Mar 3

Science TODAY: Impact of Pollution on North Carolina’s Tiniest Fish

Mar 3
11:30am - 12:00pm
Mar 4

Lunchtime Discovery: The Adaptable Human: Human Anatomy in the Extremes

Mar 4
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mar 5

Science TODAY: Bionic Bivalves

Mar 5
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Mar 6

Science TODAY

Mar 6
11:30am - 12:00pm
Mar 10

Science TODAY

Mar 10
11:30am - 12:00pm
Mar 11

Lunchtime Discovery: Conservation and Access to the Outdoors

Mar 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mar 12

Science TODAY: Giant Water Bugs

Mar 12
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Mar 18

Lunchtime Discovery: Look Closer: Discovering the Hidden World of Marine Invertebrates

Mar 18
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mar 19

Science TODAY

Mar 19
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Mar 20

Science TODAY: Geology

Mar 20
11:30am - 12:00pm
Mar 24

Illuminating AI Series: How AI Reveals Hidden Stories in Nature

Mar 24
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mar 25

Lunchtime Discovery: No Girls Allowed? Breaking Barriers for Women in Geology

Mar 25
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mar 26

Science TODAY

Mar 26
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Mar 27

Science TODAY: Floral Pharmacies for Bees

Mar 27
11:30am - 12:00pm
Mar 28

Science TODAY

Mar 28
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Mar 31

Science TODAY

Mar 31
11:30am - 12:00pm

April 2026

Apr 2

Science TODAY

Apr 2
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Apr 3

Science TODAY

Apr 3
11:30am - 12:00pm
Apr 3

Science TODAY: Renewable Energy and Wildlife: Winners and Losers

Apr 3
11:30am - 12:00pm
Apr 4

Science TODAY

Apr 4
1:00pm - 1:30pm
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