Feast your eyes on franz (not here)'s fossil cephalopod plate celebrating extinct invertebrate wonders. During this Thursday's NightSchool, Franz will talk about how he illustrates these squishy, soft-bodied creatures using only records of their hard shells: bit.ly/3jkPSyu

Live, 7pm PT: What had to happen over billions of years for us to exist right now? What did life on Earth look like 500 million years ago? Why does any of that matter? Tonight, read the fossil record with @mari_the_mammal, @NickSpanotweets, & franz (not here): bit.ly/3ocKrVW

Look upon the face of this jack inside the bell of a jelly & tremble! (Though this jack is likely fine & will leave the jelly when it gets older.) Just one frightening images that photographer & blackwater diver Jeff Milisen will share this Thursday: bit.ly/3m5Dowr

This Halloween, join our friends Reimagine in facing death to embrace life. How would you want to be remembered? Think about it. Share it now. Share it during Virtual NightLife on Thursday. Or hold onto it for the future. ⬇️ bit.ly/3m5Dowr

Yes, we're going to miss seeing all the incredible costumes at NightLife this Thursday, but we're still going to host some terrifying drag: Meet Estée Longah & Vermicelli Versace of the Rice Rockettes, your Virtual NightLife hosts & performers: bit.ly/3m5Dowr

Zombie worms, football-sized creepy-crawlies, & a thieving shark.... three alligator carcasses meet three unique fates in the ocean deep... & only Dr. River Bryant (and, you know, her research team) knows what happened. Tonight on Virtual NightLife, 7pm PT: bit.ly/3m5Dowr

You feel that tingle going down your spine? Is it perhaps because you know our Halloween event is starting soon? Is it the thought of alligator carcasses? Jumping spiders? The Rice Rockettes? It's all coming at you, live on YouTube at 7pm PT: bit.ly/3m5Dowr 🦑🕸⚰️

7pm PT tonight: It's jelly time! We're back with NightSchool & a closer look at these gelatinous wonders. Join science writer Juli Berwald, venomologist Anna Klompen, PhD, science illustrator Nicholas Bezio (Bezio Studios), & biologist Riah Evin live on YouTube: bit.ly/3mdIB5q

Hi. We just met this baby sloth while prepping for this week's NightSchool. It currently lives at @appc_panama, a wildlife rescue that cares for sick, injured, & orphaned animals. Learn more about their work (& meet this dude) this Thursday at 7pm PT: bit.ly/3fbyziM

🦥 Tonight during NightSchool: The Slow Life of Sloths—Find out why this sloth is wearing a little hat, plus much much more! Tune in at 7pm PT, live on YouTube: bit.ly/3pmRlsg (📸: Bryson Voirin)

For #GivingTuesday , we're working to raise $9K—the cost of feeding our Species Survival Plan colony of African penguins for 100 days. (A huge help as we face our 2nd closure.) If you're able to give, it goes 3x further today on FB bit.ly/2VquBKq. Thank you, humans! 🐟❤️

Meet Yule Claude, our NightSchool: Science Craft Fair mascot. He'll be popping up during the stream on Thursday to help you with your holiday crafting & shopping ideas. Don't miss it/him: bit.ly/3oA3WHk 🎁🐊🎁

Missed last night's NightSchool, with its Claude watercolor, mini-Claude terrarium, & DJ Claude? No worries! Science Craft Fair is on YouTube (along with the 29 other NightSchool programs we've done this year): bit.ly/2JUytkA

BEST of 2020! 75+ episodes & 9+ months later, a planet-sized thanks to every single human who watched (or appeared on) one of our livestreams. To celebrate, a recap of 10 viewer favorites: bit.ly/3o2Ye0K #MuseumAtHome

It wasn't the year we expected, but we want to thank the viewers & presenters who joined us as NightLife went online—we had no idea that when we launched "Virtual NightLife" in April that it would be the 1st of 29, but here we are! Here's the playlist! bit.ly/33NF0F8 😘