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Fuller describes red-tail hawks living in an unusual setting--an urban one. These hawks live year-round in downtown Raleigh atop the First Baptist Church. This is the second year they have nested there, and Fuller reports there may be as many as three other pair nesting downtown.
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21064
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Kays explains why coyotes run the gamut of emotions in people--some people love them and others just can't stand them.
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21065
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Dr. Zanno, Director of the Paleontology & Geology Research Laboratory at the NC Museum of Natural Science, explains the significance and findings at the dinosaur burial ground at the Crystal Geyser Quarry in Utah. Over 125 million years ago nearly 300 feathered dinosaurs (Falcarius utahensis) died and were buried in a single mass grave. It is one of the largest feathered dinosaur graveyards known anywhere in the world.
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21066
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After two decades as Director of the NC Museum of Natural Science, Betsy Bennett retired December 31, 2012. Johnson comments on her accomplishments and how her vision for the museum will continue long into the future.
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As a child William Palmer was inspired by what he saw on visits to the old North Carolina State Museum. He later worked there part-time until 1963, when he joined the staff of seven as a curator of zoology. He began cataloging reptile and amphibian specimens he found in a closet. The collection soon outgrew the closet, and today this collection at the NC Museum of Natural Science is one of the largest and most complete regional collections in the country. Though Palmer retired in 1995, he comes to the museum almost daily to help curate the collection he started fifty years ago.
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21068
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White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a pathogen associated with a cold-loving fungus that has a 90 to 100 percent fatality rate when it has occurred in northeastern bat populations. The disease was first discovered in the state during the winter of 2010-2011 in nine western counties. The bat populations in eastern North Carolina are little-researched. Lisa Gatens, Curator of Mammals at the NC Museum of Natural Science, and her team are researching bats in the Hoffman Forest to determine if migrating mountain bats have brought WNS with them, and if not, to determine if coastal bats could be used to repopulate the hard hit counties.
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Alvin Braswell has retired after over forty years as curator of herpetology of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Beginning his career in 1968, Braswell has mentored students and published comprehensive volumes on the reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina.
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Since 1893, thirteen diamonds have been discovered in North Carolina as a result of gold or monazite panning. One such diamond found in Burke County, North Carolina resides in the Geology Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. It was donated from the estate of J.A.D. Stephenson who discovered emeralds and hiddenite in Alexander County, North Carolina.
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The Carnufex carolinensis, or the \"Carolina Butcher\" may have been among North America's top predators before the arrival of dinosaurs. The recent discovery of the Carolina Butcher sheds light on the role of crocodile ancestors, a role that was previously unclear.
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The song of cicadas is a sign that summer has arrived in North Carolina. This unique species spends the majority of its life unground, is an important part of the environment's nutrient cycle, and has existed for over 125 million years.
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24840
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Melissa Dowland recounts her experience with three different types of large mammals in Eastern North Carolina. Dowland describes her various encounters with black bears, otters, and bobcats and the signs that told her they were nearby.
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24841
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Dr. Adrian Smith presents her knowledge about ants, specifically Western long-legged harvester ants. She describes some general facts about ants as well as facts more specific to her line of study. She presents the findings of research she has done involving orphan ants and what is called the ‘queen’s death mark.’
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24842
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George the Python was a female python at Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC from 1964 to 1989. George arrived at the museum from Vietnam in a suitcase belonging to Dewey Simpson and lived in the museum until she died at the age of 28.
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While many specimens are kept at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, this swordfish bill is a mystery when it comes to its origins. While museum staff know the identity of the immediate donors of the swordfish bill, its provenance remains unknown.
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Peperpot Nature Park in Suriname is a protected area with exceptional biodiversity and is also in close proximity to Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. As urbanization and land conversion advance, efforts are being made to safeguard the country’s natural resources. Part of this conservation work is led by Dr. Brian O’Shea, who is studying bird populations in the park.
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