Less than 10% of forest cover in the United States can be classified as old growth. These “elderly forests” are biodiversity hotspots because there are some niches only time can provide. Scientists are unsure if it is even possible for a secondary forest to return to a primary state, nor how long that would take. […]
Cost: $0-5
“I don’t want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, ‘There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.’” — Angela Kinsey
Cost: $7-15
Native pollinators are in decline, but the good news is there are many ways we all can help. Join Laura Rost, National Coordinator of Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA at the Xerces Society, and Pamela Cowart-Rickman, photo editor at Washington College, to learn how communities across the US are joining together to make […]
Cost: $0-5
The sun and moon rise every day or night. We take it for granted. But should we be complacent about our closest star and Earth’s only satellite planet? Let’s learn from Banneker Planetarium’s Director Dave Ludwikoski about the lunar eclipse and blood moon occurring in March and the solar superstorms predicted for 2025. Information will […]
Cost: $5-10
This month, the Fossil Club is pleased to welcome NHSM’s Paleontology Curator George Spicka for an entertaining discussion of the numerous extinction events that have shaped life on Earth from prehistory to more recent times. George says: “Because of the Mega Fauna Extinction event that is now thought to have begun in Asia some 50,000 years […]
Cost: $0-5
In this talk, Dr. Braun will discuss the current state of understanding of hurricanes and the amazing suite of tools that NASA provides to improve understanding, prediction, and response to these impactful storms. Close to 60 million Americans live within counties along the East and Gulf Coasts (140 million total in East and Gulf coast […]
Cost: $0-5
The art and science of field sketching and biological illustration combine beautifully in the craft of nature journaling. Join naturalist and nature journalist Peggy Eppig for a museum session in sketch techniques that capture scientific and interpretive data. Learn how to set up a phenology journal that tracks seasonal changes in the natural world. Explore […]
Cost: $30-50
Those of a certain age can remember car grills and windshields caked with insect bodies. Today you are hard pressed to find any insect remnants on a car. Recent research has shown that insect populations have declined by more than 45% since the 1980s, and another 40% of all insect species will be at risk […]
Cost: $0-5
It may be safe to safe that art and nature have a symbiotic relationship – feeding of and from each other. NHSM explores and celebrates this relationship in a series of Art and Nature Workshops.
Cost: $55-70
Cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) are a relatively large, coastal pelagic species of batoid (flat sharks) that migrate seasonally along the East Coast of the US in very large schools. Those that spend the summer months in Chesapeake Bay generally spend their winters in Florida. Conspicuous predators of a wide array of invertebrates, primarily of relatively […]
Cost: $0-5