We have a new paper that not only shows off some cool tracking data from four species but also proposes a new multi-scale framework for comparing animal movement patterns. 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.118…

A perfectly round fish vertebra from the Late Cretaceous, Hell Creek Formation, Montana #fossilfriday

Oysters are on the menu for the #LunchTimeDiscovery... "New River Estuary Oyster Highway – A Watershed Approach for Improved Water Quality," guest Pat Donovan-Brandenburg City of Jacksonville Host Chris Smith Noon ET 10/11 youtube.com/watch?v=L-vgQQ… NC Museum of Natural Sciences #NCOysterMonth 🦪

At ⁦NC Museum of Natural Sciences⁩, got sneak preview of Ken Burns’ new 2-part documentary, “The American Buffalo.” Riveting. Nature & history intertwined. On ⁦PBS North Carolina⁩ at 8pm next Monday & Tuesday. ⁦North Carolina Zoo⁩ is a sponsor.

Happy #InternationalSlothDay to our favorite sloth at the @naturalsciences! Counting down the days until we get to see them when the Living Conservatory opens again next year! #ThereNeedsToBeASlothEmojii 😄

Cool job as Curator of the Living Conservatory NC Museum of Natural Sciences in #Raleigh governmentjobs.com/careers/northc…

Wonderful visit to Museum of Natural Sciences branch at Whiteville. Science literacy hub for southeast NC. ⁦NC Science Trail⁩ ⁦NC Museum of Natural Sciences⁩ ⁦NCMNS at Whiteville⁩

SAVE THE DATE: On November 16 @ 7 pm we will have our public Physics Nobel Prize talk at the Natural Sciences Museum @naturalsciences! Drs. Kenan Gundogdu and Melike Biliroglu will discuss "Caught in the Act: Atoms in Motion & the Nobel prize in Physics" tinyurl.com/2p9hsrxx

8 years of waiting ended yesterday as we successfully moved the 14,000kg #DuelingDinosaurs fossils into our new paleontology lab NC Museum of Natural Sciences! Sweating, pacing, a few gasps, and many celebratory high-fives were had by all. Welcome home dinos, welcome home.

November 16th all are welcome.

Come see me and the bug videos in an immersion theater Friday morning!

A live Gervais' Beaked Whale washed up in Emerald Isle recently and died soon after, and researchers say the female calf was killed by eating a plastic balloon. Learn more from a NC Museum of Natural Sciences expert about the dangers plastics pose to marine mammals. publicradioeast.org/2023-11-14/a-w…

We have TEN of these paid internships. Check it out. Share. Apply!

LIVE at noon today! "Beneficial Partnerships in Ecological Communities" Dr. Stacy Zhang, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University University. The #LunchTimeDiscovery livestream show is a N.C. DEQ NorthCarolinaEE & NC Museum of Natural Sciences production with host Chris Smith

One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen: ice ribbons, also called frost flowers, “growing” along the pond’s edge at ⁦NC Museum of Natural Sciences⁩ at Contentnea Creek near Grifton. ⁦NC Science Trail⁩

New Ant Lab video today. Filming these rove beetles with projectile mouthparts has been on the to-do list for years! Thanks to Matt Bertone 🪰🕷️🪲 showing me his Stenus site this summer, I finally got the opportunity! Check it out: youtu.be/RjKhIg3kCpM

It’s Taylor Swift’s birthday and that after-hours adults-only night at NC Museum of Natural Sciences is here! Music, dancing, drinks and SWIFTIE SCIENCE! Tickets are on sale now for Adult Nights (Taylor’s Version)! naturalsciences.org/adultnights

And I thought I was the oldest thing 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐒!! 8th grade science classes are helping NC Museum of Natural Sciences find micro fossils! The Microeye is coming in very handy UW Franklin County in magnifying our samples.

Time to renew your subscription to the North Carolina Historical Review! The new issue is out, and it includes my article on the fascinating history of the North Carolina Rolling Exposition. NC Museum of Natural Sciences NCStateHistory

Cretaceous Creatures has reached ~14k NC students who have ID'ed ~4k microfossils from near where the Dueling Dinosaurs were found in Montana! Our buddy Secretary Reid Wilson stopped to check out these big fuss over these tiny fossils. (L) Richardoestisia tooth (R) Lizard jaw.