Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
Ensuring the health of pet reptiles goes beyond proper diet and habitat — it includes routine parasite screening. At this meeting of the NHSM Herp Club, Tyler France will cover the importance of fecal smear and fecal float analysis, how it benefits reptile owners, and how The Chameleon Collective services make parasite checks more accessible. […]
Cost: $0-5
Fossil Club members are invited once again to participate in this ever-popular NHSM event! Among the most important fossil research sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, Stratford Cliffs were formed when land replaced an ancient sea. Fossils found here are from the Miocene Epoch, approximately 17 to 10 million years ago, and indicate an ancient sea […]
Cost: $30
Recent discoveries at a site in Reisterstown suggest that Ice Age hunter-gatherers inhabited what is now Baltimore County, crafting tools from local stone, which they then carried with them throughout the region. This online presentation by Zachary Singer will provide an overview of the Paleoindian Period (13,000-10,000 years before present) in Maryland based on data […]
Cost: $0-5
At this month’s meeting of the NHSM Lep Club, we’ll welcome Amanda Wray, founding member of Wild Ones Baltimore, for a discussion of the benefits of adding native plants to your yard and garden. Contact the club coordinator (mfalk@marylandnature.org) with any questions or comments. If you love butterflies and moths, consider joining the NHSM Lep […]
Cost: $0-5
An anthropologist who followed Brazilian indigenous movements for more than 20 years looks back and forth. Linda Rabben is an author, a sociocultural anthropologist and a human rights activist. For more than 30 years she did research on and in Brazil for NGOs, including Amnesty International and the Rainforest Foundation, and published two books on […]
Cost: $0-5