Question Your World: How Do Pets Affect Us during a Pandemic?
Recently scientists took a look into the relationships between humans and their assorted animal companions during our current lockdown lifestyle to explore how pets affect us during a pandemic.
BioBlitz and RVAir: Fill Your Saturday with Community Science!
The Museum is working on two upcoming community science projects on Saturday, Sept. 26, that offer opportunities for citizen collaboration.
Question Your World: Does Eye Contact Matter?
What’s got eyes, butts, and cascading mental implications? This week’s science story!
Why Do Viruses Jump from Animals to Humans?
Richmond-based scientist and eScienceInfo founder Dr. Jeya Chelliah explains how viruses can “jump” from wild animals to humans and how we can work to prevent the next pandemic caused by an animal-origin (or “zoonotic”) virus.
Small Serpent Has Surprising Story
You may have met our orange-patterned western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) who lives in our Animal Lab. That small serpent also has an interesting story, but it’s not about the habitat or hunting patterns like you might think.
