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34584
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The most severe drought on record has hit North Carolina, amounting to several ecological problems around the state. Droughts affect burning necessary for forests and plant species, the lower water levels have hurt native species and allowed invasive species to thrive, and ponds drying up are leaving amphibians and fishes without habitats.
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The purple martin spends their breeding and nesting season in North Carolina and spend the winter in South America. After finding martin houses unattended, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences teamed up with the Wake Audubon Society to tend to the houses and move them to more desirable locations. The new locations also allow the public to observe the behavior of the purple martins.
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34608
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The North Carolina native band, the Bowerbirds, based many of their songs off of the work they completed while helping the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The main guitarist and vocalist spent time together working to track the Swainson’s warbler for the museum, and as a result, created poems and songs based on what they experienced in nature.
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34609
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Thirty years ago, the wild turkey was disappearing quickly from North Carolina. Now, after the Wildlife Resources Commission helped restock turkeys by taking them from overabundant areas to areas that were completely barren, the species is flourishing once again in North Carolina.
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has added a new exhibit that allows patrons to see the native saltwater species of the Atlantic Ocean. There are approximately 18 different species of fish, including a bonnethead shark and lionfish. The exhibit allows for visitors to learn more about native North Carolina species, their habitat, and dangers to them.
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The monarch butterfly in North America makes its way down to Mexico every year to lay eggs, passing through North Carolina in spring and fall. But with the decline of milkweed and other native plants, the monarch butterfly populations drop as well. North Carolinians can help by growing native species in their gardens.
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34612
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Many native tropical insect species have counterparts in temperate climates of North America. The Eastern Hercules beetle, the Devil’s mare walking stick, and the Cloudless Sulphur butterfly are all common insects found in North Carolina that are closely related to tropical and desert insects.
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The Prairie Ridge outdoor education facility of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences opened its doors in 2004. Since then, many of the goals of the facility have been met, including a green classroom, a native garden, and trails through the land. They plan to continue research into bee studies, chimney swift surveys, and more after-school and at-risk youth programs.
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the top-ranked destination in Raleigh, the state’s most popular museum, and one of the nation’s top free family attractions. This can be attributed to state funding, thousands of volunteer hours, and private donors and stakeholders.
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At Prairie Ridge at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, a new roost tower has been built to accommodate thousands of chimney warblers. Just after completion of the tower, birds swifts had already begun to nest inside, encouraging the building of smaller towers around the area.
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A pre-colonial site has been identified using a map from John White, one of the first explorers to the New World and the one who found the Croatan message from the Lost Colony. Speculating that this mark could pertain to the Lost Colony, archaeologists have begun digging in the area now called Site X, exposing colonial-era artifacts. These artifacts can now be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, along with the Wildlife Resources Commission and NC State University, have developed a new animal tracking program called Candid Critters. The objective is for citizens to place camera traps on approved public lands in order to capture photographs of the flora and fauna. This will help track animal behavior, migration, and more. By March 2017, they plan to have the program in all 100 counties.
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This spring, Raleigh and the greater Triangle region competed in the nationwide event called City Nature Challenge, coming in sixth place. Competitors took pictures all over the city of animals and plants in order to determine what metropolitan area had the most wildlife. This collection, while a fun competition, also builds a baseline for species occurrence and diversity.
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Folklore has often cast the black cat, screech owl, and doodlebug in a bad light. In Frank C. Brown’s books “The Folklore of North Carolina”, he postulates that these creatures are omens of bad luck. This article explores these native North Carolina species, how they got reputations as bad omens, and where to find them in the state.
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This article discussed how races, a category for human beings, is based on physical features such as skin pigmentation. It asserted that people are more similar than different because the development of physical features was a climatic adaptation.
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