Articles in Natural History
Garvies Point Museum announces Forensic Geology Exhibit
On June 23rd, Garvies Point Museum will be unveiling our new exhibit featuring “Forensic Geology.” At 1 pm, join Dr. George J. Allgaier’s discussion on how, when, and where unusual rock formations form. Using James Hutton’s 1785 Doctrine of Uniformitarianism, “the present is the key to the past,” logic, and 50 plus years of experience Dr. Allgaier will unveil the mysteries of forensic geology. Our new exhibit will include recent donations as well as rock ... Read More
Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology announce project to examine Yeti DNA
A new collaboration between Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology will use the latest genetic techniques to investigate organic remains that some have claimed belong to the ‘Yeti’ and other ‘lost’ hominid species. The Oxford-Lausanne Collateral Hominid Project invites institutions and individuals with collections of cryptozoological material (cryptozoology: the search for animals whose existence is not proven) to submit details of the samples they hold, and then on ... Read More
Virginia Living Museum opens Dinosaurs exhibition on May 26
The Virginia Living Museum presents Dinosaurs, an exhibition on view May 26 – Sept. 3, 2012. The purpose of the Virginia Living Museum shall be to stimulate knowledge, awareness and appreciation of the biological and physical world, and to develop an understanding of its relationship to the environment of the planet and the universe beyond. This shall be accomplished by providing a variety of living interpretive exhibits and education programs for the public, students and educators that ... Read More
Houston Museum of Natural Science New Hall of Paleontology Opens June 2
The Houston Museum of Natural Science has announced it’s new Hall of Paleontology is to open on June 2. The new hall is packed with prehistoric beasts, and will not have the same stagnant displays of ancient skeletons standing in a row that many visitors are accustomed to seeing. Rather, the predators and prey in the new paleontology hall will be in action — chasing, eating and escaping as they struggle for life. Embark on a “prehistoric safari” that also includes the ... Read More
Yosemite National Park Installs Yosemite Falls Webcam
A webcam has been installed at Yosemite Falls in the Yosemite National Park by the National Park Service and Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, the Yosemite Falls webcam is the fourth supported by the Conservancy and the first to offer a view of a Yosemite waterfall. The other Yosemite Conservancy webcams feature spectacular views of Yosemite landscapes, including Half Dome, El Capitan and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. “The webcams provide windows into ... Read More
Atlanta Botanical Garden Awarded $2.5 Million Gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has been awarded a $2.5 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation for the development of Smithgall Woodland Garden in Gainesville, Georgia. The gift helps the Midtown Atlanta Garden near its $21 million goal for building the first phase of the 168-acre woodland garden off Cleveland Highway.Smithgall Lake, Atlanta Botanical Garden “We are thrilled and honored by the Woodruff Foundation gift, which will get us that much closer to turning this long-held ... Read More
Atlanta Botanical Garden presents Independent Visions. Sculpture in the Garden
The Atlanta Botanical Garden in collaboration with the Marlborough Gallery New York, presents Independent Visions. Sculpture in the Garden, featuring 19 contemporary works by artists Magdalena Abakanowicz, Chakaia Booker, Red Grooms, Clement Meadmore, Michele Oka Doner, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey, Kenneth Snelson, and Manolo Valdés. On view through october, 2012.The exhibition continues the Garden’s tradition of presenting works by internationally renowned artists in an ... Read More
Kew Gardens announces David Nash at Kew. A Natural Gallery
Kew Gardens presents David Nash at Kew. A Natural Gallery, an exhibition on view from April 2012 through to April 2013. The exhibition will open to members of the public in June 2012, with sculptures, installations, drawings and film in place throughout the Gardens, glasshouses, and exhibition spaces. From early April, Nash has been working at Kew on a ‘wood quarry’ – the first he has done with whole trees in ten years – creating new works for the exhibition using trees from the ... Read More
New York State Museum opens exhibition featuring extinct Carolina Parakeet
An exhibition, on view May 2, 2012 – Friday, June 1, 2012, in the lobby of the New York State Museum provides visitors with a rare opportunity to see and learn about an iconic North American parakeet, which has been extinct for more than a century. The exhibition features the Carolina Parakeet, which was once New York’s only native parrot species. It is based on newly published research conducted by Dr. Jeremy Kirchman, the Museum’s curator of birds. Kirchman’s ... Read More
Smithsonian Announces Sixth Annual Garden Fest
The theme of this year’s Garden Fest at the Smithsonian is “Gardening for Healthy Living,” featuring live music and a variety of activities for children and adults. The free festival will be held Friday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Saturday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, a 4.2-acre public rooftop garden between the Smithsonian Castle and Independence Avenue. Haupt Garden 2010 Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Gardens’ horticulturists will ... Read More
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