The museum will be closed Thursday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen Friday, December 26.

Ponding!

A How-to by NHMLAC

Discover how to find all the wet wildlife swimming in your local pond. Every body of water–no matter how little–might contain incredible creatures. Learn all the best ways to search for and scoop up these critters in this NHMLAC How-to video. 

City Nature Challenge girl with binoculars
Global Community Science
How crowd-sourced science projects like the City Nature Challenge fuel research to protect our planet
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