Bats at the Ballgame Summertime is a great time for bats of both kinds! Come listen to this story of bats taking a swing at baseball. After the story, we will have a taste of the concessions you might find at a bat’s baseball game!

Songbirds as Carriers of Lyme Disease Featuring Amanda Hill Anyone that has spent time in the great outdoors has probably encountered a tick, either on themselves or on their four-legged companion. However, there is still much to learn about the diseases that these ticks carry and who is responsible for spreading them. Join us for […]

Ancient Techniques, New Friends: Working in the Cherokee Revival Teaching the ancient art of making feather capes and the 18th century style of fingerweaving to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina has led to the rebirth of traditional craft techniques, long lost through the exigencies of history, and a growing […]

Life at Night The night life at Powdermill Nature Reserve is really happening! There are many nocturnal animals at Powdermill Nature Reserve with special adaptations for life at night. Come find out about these creatures and their adaptations, and then we will hit the woods in search of them.

Spend your Saturday at the museum celebrating one of our favorite seasons! Learn more about the critters that live in crunchy leaf piles, make a bird feeder to for some winged friends and find out how local animals prepare for the winter months ahead!

This panel will feature representatives from three different kinds of institutions: universities, museums, and the media. These institutions help us understand our relationship with the environment and define possibilities moving forward. But do they see these realities and possibilities in the same way? How might they work together to better formulate our current environmental realities […]