Nature Connections help you and yours explore and connect with nature.
National Fossil Day is celebrated annually on October 12. So we are celebrating a bit early. Can you blame us? The theme for 2022 is, “The Age of Mammals in our National Parks and Monuments”, and we couldn’t be more excited.
After the dinosaurs, mammals had a field day. We are busy setting up all types of displays on the crazy early mammals that roamed the earth – including Maryland. You will learn how and why whales evolved from four-legged land animals into the form we know today. Learn more about saber toothed cats, short faced bears and dire wolves. When did the first rabbits, bats, and primates appear? Did you know there were camels in Maryland? Take a journey through geologic time with teeth as your mile posts and much more.
Our guest speaker, J.P. Hodnett will present on the Cumberland Bone Cave beginning at 1:30PM. Hodnett is a paleontologist and program coordinator of the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission’s Dinosaur Park.
The program is free, but for planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP.
ABOUT NATURE CONNECTIONS: Nature Connections is a signature program offered to you by the Natural History Society of Maryland with financial support from Constellation Energy. Programs are held on select Sundays are free* and open to the public (COVID rules in effect – see below). Each Nature Connection focuses on a different natural history topic.
- Learn from presentations and displays from local experts and organizations • Explore specimens and artifacts from natural history collections • Hear about related citizen science projects • Talk to scientists who can answer your questions and guide your discoveries of the natural world • Enjoy games, art, crafts, stories, music, and drama for all ages
COVID PROTOCOLS: Masks are now optional. NHSM will continue to monitor the public health landscape and may make changes in accordance with CDC, state and local guidance.
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