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Paleontologists excavated the fossils in 2015 at a site called the Mussentuchit Member in southern Utah, said lead study author Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and an associate research professor in biological sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN
The popular Butterfly Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is re-opening for Memorial Day weekend. That comes after closing the popular room for a few years due to the pandemic.
Rick Armstrong, WRAL reporter
The space, as its unofficial name implies, is also home to as many as 200 live butterflies.
Researchers in North Carolina are working on a way to track and stop huge, invasive Burmese pythons.
Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist
The North Carolina Museum of Natural History will host a "Social in the Shire" adult night on Feb. 24.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will host the first of three lectures accompanying the "James Cameron - Challenging the Deep" exhibition this week.
The NC State shared how important it is our explorers should represent who they're exploring on their behalf. Koch has the record for the longest single space flight by a woman.
North Carolina Astronaut Christina Koch will be speaking on both days, January 28-29, of this weekend-long event, one of the largest of its kind in the country.
Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences will take a closer look at the work of famed naturalist Charles Darwin and his impact on modern science during Darwin Day on Saturday, Nov. 12.
An immersive exhibition from director James Cameron will open this month at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.
After 5 years, an updated version of a popular exhibit about "race" returns to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
290 million years, before the age of dinosaurs, Permian Monsters ruled the world. At the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, research by Dr. Christian Kammerer is helping shed light on these peculiar creatures.
Harvard paleontologist Megan Whitney finds similarities between modern day and the subjects she studies.
"We can pick up things like cancer, arthritis even - in bones of animals like dinosaurs," Harvard paleontologist Megan Whitney said.
Built on Triassic rock, the Triangle area has become a hotspot for local paleontological research.
At Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the newest exhibition, "Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters," showcases Permian Monsters, incorporating local research into the exhibit.
"I'm part bird," John Gerwin chuckled, as he guided a group of volunteers and children through the process of tracking the Purple Martin bird at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh.
Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producer
Before the dinosaurs, other incredible creatures roamed the Earth. Discover the history of Permian monsters at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
"Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters" opens Saturday at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter
On Saturday, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is hosting its first in-person event in over two years -- the Triangle SciTech Expo. Museum coordinator Chris Smith describes the event and introduces some special guests.
The movie follows a "new generation of intrepid Antarctic scientists on a quest to understand the ice continent's profound transformation -- from a warm and biodiverse Mesozoic to the frozen desert we know today -- and to predict the future as humans drive dramatic change," according to the museum.
There will be events devoted to snakes and even a day just for toads!
