The American Association for the Advancement of Science reported troubling news for lemurs in the February 21 issue of their Science Magazine. The report states that lemurs the most imperiled group of large vertebrates. Read the full article: Schwitzer et al 2014_Science-Averting Lemur Extinctions.Read more
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Dream a little dream
Have you ever wondered if animals dream? There’s no doubt in my mind they do and a while ago MIT did research and found out that animals do indeed dream. Here is the article. Often I wonder what our animals could be dreaming of. Below is a guess of mine:Read more
The Interns Make Friends With Max
Our Spring 2014 interns, Katie and Jill, got to spend some time in the farmyard with Max and the “Max Scratcher” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0eCgi0wwHM[/youtube]Read more
Snow Pictures 2014
More snow pictures of the most recent storm to hit NC. Read more
New Songbirds
We’ve got some new birds that will be heading to the Aviary in Carolina Wildlife soon. All the birds were found injured in Tennessee and could not be released to the wild with their injuries. They arrived at the Museum in January and have been behind the scenes in quarantine. None of them can fly, so look low in the Aviary in the next few weeks to see our new residents. Read more
A couple more snow photos
Ro got some more “snow photos” Read more