Remember that popular 1980’s video game Galaga? Little triangle shaped space ships would fly around the screen. Laser cannons would fire out of the top of the ships, laying waste to aliens that dropped down from the top of the screen. Now imagine finding the fossilized teeth of a freshwater shark that lived 67 million years ago in the forests, swamps and winding rivers of what is now South Dakota. Amazingly, those teeth look like the Galaga spaceships! So, if you’re a scientist, what would you call your ancient shark discovery? That’s right. Galagadon.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Some mammals are thriving in the city
A unique, large scale study enlisting hundreds of citizen scientists with camera traps, find wild mammals thriving near humans. The findings contradict assumptions that developed areas have fewer mammals.
N.C. Paleontologists Discover Rare Dinosaur Eggs
A team from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences discovered a clutch of football-sized dinosaur eggs in Utah .
Dinosaur eggs found in Utah unveiled at the Museum of Natural Sciences
March 30, 2018
Why coyotes are thriving in North Carolina
Coyotes are in all 100 North Carolina counties, but they've only been in the state for 30 years. Why are they doing so well?
Why coyotes are thriving in North Carolina
February 23, 2018
Candid Critters
Frank Graff talks with Dr. Roland Kays of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, where researchers are launching the the largest camera trap animal survey ever attempted.
It's the Pits
Your armpits carry millions of tiny microbial passengers. Watch scientists study the ecosystem of the armpit and learn how deodorants can affect not only your social life, but also your microbial life.
The Butcher and the Knight
Scientists Discover Two New Prehistoric Reptiles in North Carolina
May 19, 2015
Getting around Durham was different 230 million years ago.
On the plus side, you would have had zero chance of getting stuck in traffic on I-85, and finding parking at Duke or at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park would have been a breeze. You would, however, have constantly been on the lookout for the 9-foot-long crocodiles running around on their hind legs trying to eat you.
Where in the World is Ms. Palma?
Scientists, with the help of students across NC, launch the first radio tracking program of egrets in order to study behavior and habitat, and better protect the birds.
Emlyn Koster, PhD - NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Dr. Koster started his new job as Director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in January 2013. He is a geologist educated in England and Canada who has already overseen several premier museums in the United States and Canada, leading landmark expansions of their facilities, exhibitions, programming, and outreach. Original Broadcast Date: 04/19/2013.