Upcoming Event Category: Lectures & Workshops

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Something Smells: How We Can Use Plant Odors to Fight Crop Pests

Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

Can plants talk? If so, what are they saying? Who are they talking to? In the past three decades, researchers have found that plants use chemical odors (volatiles) to communicate with other plants, repel attacking herbivores, and attract insect predators and parasitoids. In this presentation, Dr. Russavage will discuss the secret language of plants and […]

Cost: $0-5

Painting with Bacteria – Agar Art Workshop with BUGSS, Baltimore Underground Science Space

Art Lectures & Workshops

Agar Art is a perfect marriage of biology and art that everyone and anyone can get into. Living masterpieces are created by painting different microbes onto an agar agar filled petri dish. Unlike other media, the picture needs a few days to grow. The folks at Baltimore Underground Science Space will lead the workshop, bringing […]

Cost: $17-25

Preserving Maryland’s Natural Treasures: The quest to create a natural history museum

Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

Natural history collections are invaluable resources, yet Maryland is one of a few states that still lack a state-wide natural history museum. Since 1929, members of the Natural History Society of Maryland (NHSM) have worked tirelessly to preserve Maryland’s natural treasures. Learn about the history of our organization and the important role it has played […]

Cost: $0-5

Aquatic WILD – Professional Development for Educators

Courses Lectures & Workshops

Water covers 2/3 of planet Earth, is essential for every living thing, and can be used to teach all subjects. If you aren’t integrating water into your curriculum, water you waiting for? The Aquatic WILD program, a subset of Project WILD, is for formal and non-formal educators (PreK-12th Grade) interested in teaching young people about aquatic […]

Cost: $10-15

Darwin Day Talk: Epigenetics and Mammalian Evolution

Clubs Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

In anticipation of Darwin Day 2025, the NHSM Fossil Club is pleased to host Dr. Charles Breeze for an exploration of how cutting-edge advances in epigenetics and molecular biology shed light on mammalian evolution. By examining the role of regulatory elements—genetic “switches” that control gene expression—we’ll delve into how these elements drive evolutionary adaptations and […]

Cost: $0-0