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Museum Partnership Invites the Public Into Research

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Aug 29, 2024

This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth

The globular springtail can leap 60 times its body length and spin at a rate of 368 rotations per second. 
A replica of the Dueling Dinosaurs fossil

Apr 15, 2024

Museum Partnership Invites the Public Into Research

Within the glass-walled labs of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, you’ll find NC State faculty — and students — making scientific discoveries before your eyes.