Animals

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Protect Pandas and Their Habitats

Learn about some of nature's cutest bears: The Giant Panda. Giant pandas face a lot of dangers and challenges like destruction of their habitats and food sources. Learn what you can go to protect them.
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Flowers and Their Pollinators

When the weather starts to warm up, flowers, bees, and butterflies start popping up all over. Learn about how plants and pollinators help each other to grow.
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I Think I Saw a Right Whale! Who Should I Call?

North Atlantic Right Whales are critically endangered. We chat with Tim Cole and Lieutenant Christopher Licitra from NOAA Fisheries about efforts to identify, track, and conserve this fragile population.
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Dinner with a Dragon Headed Katydid

The Dragon Headed Katydid calls the Museum of Science, Boston home. Learn about this unique insect and what they eat.
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How Do We Keep Our Animals Healthy?

The Museum of Science in Boston is home to a variety of animals. Explore how a team of people works together to keep the animals healthy.
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Incubating Snake Eggs

Unlike humans, snakes lay eggs! Learn about snakes and their eggs including how they incubate their eggs so that they can survive.
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Glow-in-the-dark Animals

From insects to underwater creatures, animals all over the globe glow! Find out more about animals that light up in the dark.
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Life Cycle of a Beetle

Follow a Derby's flower beetle through the four stages of complete insect metamorphosis.
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What's the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?

It turns out that all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. We go to Museum educator Karen to tell us how to spot the difference as well as learn about the amazing adaptations of both in this Pulsar podcast brought to you by #MOSatHome...
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A Shark the Size of a School Bus... What Did It Eat?

We ask shark researcher Dr. Catalina Pimiento all of the best questions we've ever received about megalodon, a prehistoric fifty-foot-long shark with teeth the size of a human hand.
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What Do a Honeybee and a Chicken Have in Common?

Graduate student Katie Burns tells us about her adventures in field research and the importance of pollinators in our environment.
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Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

We visit our Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic exhibit with a special live animal guest to help answer the question.
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Top Ten Science Stories of 2020: Part One

We kick off our annual countdown of the ten most exciting, important, and awesome stories from the world of science in 2020.
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Why Does the Museum of Science Have Monkeys?

We ask one of our animal keepers, Christa, all about our Cotton-Top Tamarin monkeys and how the Museum of Science is participating in the effort to conserve this critically endangered species.
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What Is the Biggest Animal?

We chat with Marcus from our education team about the largest animals in many different categories, from the longest reptile to the heaviest mammal.