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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

(DURHAM – NC) Yona, the Museum of Life and Science’s newest black bear, is getting a CT scan on Tuesday, June 8 to evaluate her angular limb deformity. Soon after Yona arrived at the Museum on January 15, Museum staff noticed the young bear had a recurring limp...

 

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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

(JANUARY 6, 2009 - DURHAM - NC) Yona the bear will get a new home at the Museum of Life and Science this month. Currently she is in the care of Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) in Tennessee, an organization that rehabilitates orphaned and injured bears for release to the wild...

 

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