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CONTACT: Leslie Pepple Communications Manager 919.220.5429 ext. 308
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A Thousand Blue Morpho Butterflies Arrive at Magic Wings July 1-31Durham, NC - This July the Museum of Life and Science’s Magic Wings Butterfly House will turn blue with a month-long release of over one thousand Blue Morpho butterflies from July 1–31, 2013. Each day guests will have the opportunity to witness new Blue Morpho butterflies released into the conservatory as part of free daily programs.
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Museum Celebrates National Bear Awareness Week with Special Weeklong ProgramDurham, NC - The Museum of Life and Science, home to four rescued American Black Bears will celebrate National Bear Awareness Week wtih special free programming highlighting the care, training and behavior of the Museum's Black Bears and the important role the Museum plays in rescue efforts from Sunday, May 12 through May 18, 2013.
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Grant received from Biogen Idec Foundation to support hands-on science learningDurham, NC – January 2013The Biogen Idec Foundation has selected the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC as a recipient of a $64,500 grant to fund the Investigate Health Lab....
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Durham museum powers up
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Local restaurant owner opening Sprout Café at Durham's Museum of Life and Science(DURHAM, NC) Come March, The Museum of Life and Science will have a new café, with a new look, new menu and new ownership...
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New exhibit makes learning algebra fun and easy
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Durham museum's rabbit receiving acupuncture treatments(DURHAM, NC) Bugsy the rabbit at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham is undergoing acupuncture to help alleviate excessive circling and head twitching...
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Social media experiment to shed light on race relations in the Triangle(DURHAM, NC) Experimonth: Race, a social media experiment by the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, will shed light on race relations in the Triangle. The month-long participatory project, which begins on November 1, encourages members of the community to take part in one of many activities and to document their experiences through the Experimonth Facebook page...
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Museum loses beloved bear
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Museum of Life and Science seismograph registers quake activity
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Extremely rare fossil found
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49 children die of hyperthermia
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Endangered red wolf experiencing
(MAY 2, 2011 – DURHAM, N.C.) On April 5, the Museum announced its endangered red wolf may be
expecting, however staff are now assuming its female Red Wolf 1287 is
experiencing a pseudo pregnancy. Museum staff originally thought pups
would arrive before April 20, but as of today, there are no pups...
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Advances in materials science to be demonstrated at Durham museum(JANUARY 14, 2011- DURHAM, NC) On Saturday, January 22, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., scientists from across the Triangle will be at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham to demonstrate how the exciting and fast emerging field of materials science is expanding our technological frontiers...
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Hundreds attend Night at the Museum fundraiser(DURHAM - NC) On Saturday, June 19th, the Museum of Life and Science hosted its inaugural fund raising gala, highlighting the Museum’s outdoor campus areas. Night at the Museum..Feast for Senses welcomed over 400 guests and raised nearly $30,000 in revenue...
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Museum bear needs CT scan
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Meet Yona, NC's new bear(DURHAM, NC – February 23, 2010) Yona, the 4 lb. black bear cub that was found abandoned in Townsend Tennessee last year is now on display at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham for the public to meet. The 90 lb. yearling has joined four other bears, Gus, Mimi, Virginia and Ursula in the Museum’s one acre, Explore the Wild bear attraction. Here Yona can swim beneath a cascading waterfall, lounge on deadfall trees, dig for nuts and berries, and climb granite walls in search of a restful place...
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80 degree tropical rainforest in Durham, N.C. keeps Carolineans warm(DURHAM, NC) - While many North Carolinians are struggling with the cold, visitors to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham are relaxing in an 80 degree tropical paradise. The attraction, Magic Wings Butterfly House is one of the largest butterfly conservatories in the world. “It’s a relief to escape the cold and to see all of these beautiful butterflies and exotic looking plants..."
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Abandoned bear cub gets new home at Museum of Life and Science in Durham
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