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Adult Nights: Wild Love<\/strong><\/a> |\u00a0Food & Drink<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n All activities are from 7 to 10pm unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n 7:30pm, 8:30pm: Wild Love BINGO<\/strong> Dancing in the Globe<\/strong> Mom, Where Do Baby Lemurs Come From?<\/strong> Extreme Animal Mammaries<\/strong> The Original Cupid’s Arrow<\/strong> Baby Daddies<\/strong> Love Letters from the H.M.S. Beagle<\/strong> Size Matters<\/strong> Swipe Right<\/strong> The X-rated Story of Orchids<\/strong> Ice, Ice, Baby<\/strong> No Partner Required<\/strong> Love is Love: Intimacy Beyond Reproduction<\/strong> Conservation Breeding<\/strong> Lamprey Love<\/strong> The Fragrance Factory AntMatch.com<\/strong> Medullary Mommas<\/strong> Wild Speculation: Dinosaur Courtship and Pair-bonding Behavior<\/strong> Pillow Talk<\/strong> Members Lounge<\/strong> Survival of the Fittest<\/strong> BUY TICKETS Adult Nights: Wild Love |\u00a0Food & Drink All activities are from 7 to 10pm unless otherwise noted. NATURE RESEARCH CENTER, FIRST FLOOR 7:30pm, 8:30pm: Wild Love BINGO The Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 Play BINGO with the craziest stories of animal mating. Get 5 frisky creatures in a row to win a prize! Dancing in… Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"event.php","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}NATURE RESEARCH CENTER, FIRST FLOOR<\/h3>\n
\nThe Daily Planet Caf\u00e9<\/em>
\nPlay BINGO with the craziest stories of animal mating. Get 5 frisky creatures in a row to win a prize!<\/p>\n
\nSECU Daily Planet Theater<\/em>
\nCome shake a tail feather and show off your dance moves in the Daily Planet Theater with DJ P.Nominal of SPIN.<\/p>\n
\nDuke Lemur Center<\/em>
\nLearn all about lemur love and reproduction from the experts at the Duke Lemur Center. From the ring-tailed lemur’s flirty stinkfighting to the unusual mating behaviors of the aye-aye, we’ll be sharing all we know about lemur love and babies!<\/p>\n
\nExplore the amazing, wonderful, and sometimes weird world of mammaries! See if you can “match the mamillae” and find out how big a blue whales’ mammaries are! Learn everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about the nipples of the natural world!<\/p>\n
\nBattle for breeding rights like the hermaphroditic land snail with our interactive Space Balls<\/em> game. Land more love darts on the targets before your opponent to increase your chances of fathering children. The winner passes on their genes, the loser gets to birth the baby snails!<\/p>\n
\nSingle dads are rare in the animal world. Learn about some of the best animal single dads, from giant water bugs to seahorses, and vote for your favorite!<\/p>\n
\nJourney to the Galapagos with Charles Darwin! Learn about wildlife on the islands and see how communication with loved ones has changed since his voyage in 1835.
\n{Journey to the Galapagos<\/a> irl with Darwin scholar Dr. Paul Brinkman and Museum educator Martha Fisk! May, 2021.}<\/p>\n
\nEver wonder which animals are the most well-endowed? Is bigger always better? Learn about the factors that influence the size and shape of reproductive organs in the animal kingdom.<\/p>\nNATURE RESEARCH CENTER, SECOND FLOOR<\/h3>\n
\nIt’s a jungle out there! Learn how animals identify and select mates. Check out some dating profiles and see if you can secure yourself a suitable partner.<\/p>\n
\nTriangle Orchid Society<\/em>
\nLearn how orchids became the most prolific flowering plants on Earth. Orchids are masters of sexual deception. Triangle Orchid Society members will be in the Naturalist Center to show and tell you about the sneaky tricks orchids use to propagate themselves. Live orchids will be on display along with information on how to care for these exotic plants.<\/p>\n
\nGerrie & Co. Jewelry and Gifts<\/em>
\nGift your bae some bling this year. Learn about the most popular gemstones and precious metals used in jewelry and discover which minerals can be found in North Carolina.<\/p>\n
\nLiving Collections<\/em>
\nYou don’t always need a partner to be fruitful and multiply. Learn all about parthenogenesis, a natural form of asexual reproduction and meet some live animals.<\/p>\n
\nLGBT Center of Raleigh<\/em>
\nLove means something different to every species and in the human world, love often transcends the desire to reproduce. Come express your fondness for the special people in your life by creating your own valentines and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community in Raleigh.<\/p>\n
\nLiving Collections<\/em>
\nLearn about the Museum’s species conservation efforts conducted in our Living Collections section. Meet some of our animal ambassadors that are getting down to ensure the survival of their species.<\/p>\nNATURE RESEARCH CENTER, THIRD FLOOR<\/h3>\n
\nHow do fish do the deed? Learn about the enigmatic Least Brook Lamprey with rarely-seen footage of these fish spawning in a North Carolina stream.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Micro World Investigate Lab<\/em>
\nCreate your own sensual scents using essential oils in the Micro World iLab.<\/p>\n
\nEvolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab<\/em>
\nFind your most compatible ant, and visit the Museum’s ant and insect research lab.<\/p>\n
\nPaleontology Research Lab<\/em>
\nLearn all about dinosaur mating displays and reproduction. Get a close-up look at real dinosaur eggs, eggshell fragments, and medullary bone. How does this compare to the mating strategies of modern day dinos?<\/p>\n
\nStacy Lewis Studio<\/em>
\nEnjoy a live painting demonstration and explore the art of dinosaur courtship with artist Stacy Lewis.<\/p>\n
\nCenter for Biological Diversity<\/em>
\nLearn about your carbon footprint and the unlikely way you can save endangered species: by having safe sex.<\/p>\nNATURE RESEARCH CENTER, FOURTH FLOOR<\/h3>\n
\nFriends of the Museum<\/em>
\nCatalyst and Friends of the Museum members receive exclusive access to the lounge, featuring a champagne toast, chocolate-covered strawberries, and themed giveaways. Have a seat, grab a bite and let us raise a glass to celebrate your generous support of the Museum. Enjoy champagne toasts and prize drawings at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30pm.<\/p>\n
\nEnvironmental Conference Center<\/em>
\nCompete in feats of brains and brawn to win our courtship trials. Activities include:<\/p>\n\n