Darwin: Evolution|Revolution now open! Learn about the man whose theories shaped modern biological science, as the world celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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Museum Mission:
To interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of southern California and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment.
Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias:
The San Diego Society of Natural History has engaged in scientific field work and systematics research since 1874. Scientists at the Museum are actively engaged in research programs and regularly publish their research in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
The extensive scientific collections of the Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias represent a permanent record of our natural heritage. They contain materials that support the research of many scientific disciplines, including those working to define and preserve biodiversity and monitor global change.
Scientific collections are a continuing investment by society in the effort to understand the natural world. In the face of disappearing habitats, species extinctions, and the destruction of geological and paleontological sites, the specimens in our collections have become nonrenewable resources.
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Revel in one of the few remaining salt marshes in southern California. Endangered bird species, including the Clapper Rail, Belding's Savannah Sparrow, and the California Least Tern, may be seen on this walk on level terrain.
(Imperial Beach) From I-5 exit west on Coronado Ave. (Coronado Ave. becomes Imperial Beach Ave....). Turn left (south) on 5th St. to Iris Ave. Park on the street. Restrooms and water are available at the Tijuana Estuary Interpretive Center, 301 Caspian Way. (Map 1349, F-1)
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(Imperial Beach) From I-5 exit west on Coronado Ave. (Coronado Ave. becomes Imperial Beach Ave....). Turn left (south) on 5th St. to Iris Ave. Park on the street. Restrooms and water are available at the Tijuana Estuary Interpretive Center, 301 Caspian Way. (Map 1349, F-1)
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Time:1:00PM Saturday, November 21st
Location:Imperial Beach
San Diego Natural History Museum Wild turkey on the loose in the Museum's Research Library's Rare Book room! Make a virtual visit and check out the famous Audubon Folio of life-size bird paintings, including the magnificent Wild Turkey.
San Diego Natural History Museum Art meets evolution at the Museum's program (tomorrow at 6:30 PM), Night at the Museum: Art Inspired by Darwin. Don't miss a book signing and reading by Bette Blaydes Pegas, live music by the Galapagos Mountain Boys, inspiring nature photography, and more! Only $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. See you there!
San Diego Natural History Museum This week, according to San Diego Natural History Museum-Dept. of Paleontology and PaleoServices, Brad Riney discovered some 45-million year old, medium-sized rodent bones on a project in Santee! Chris Plouffe joined Brad out there and they collected 1200 lbs of mudstone out of the Stadium Conglomerate (the rock unit the bones were found in). Now it is time to process the material. Exciting stuff!
San Diego Natural History Museum Thank you, everyone who came to last night's Sustainable Planet: Food lecture. We had a packed house! The next lecture is on Tuesday, December 1. Stay tuned for even more food-related programs this winter/spring, including an organic farm tour, gardening programs, and sustainable-food cooking classes.
San Diego Natural History Museum Learn where the conventional/global food system has gone wrong, and how building a local, sustainable and just food system can help get us back on course. Tonight's Sustainable Planet: Food lecture is "Cultivating Justice through Sustainable Food Systems" with Heather Fenney, Community Services Unlimited, Inc.; and Ellee Igoe, San Diego International Rescue Committee.
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Friday, November 6, was the 135th annual meeting of the San Diego Society of Natual History and opening of the new exhibition Darwin:Evolution|Revolution. About 450 Museum members came to check out the exhibitions and get a special "behind-the-scenes" look at the Research, Education, and Administration departments. Eve...ryone in attendance had a great time, especially those who toured the Museum's impressive collections and talked with scientists about their work.Read More
San Diego Natural History Museum See San Diego Natural History Museum scientists showing specimens starting with S. All in celebration of Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary!
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1. Brad Hollingsworth, Ph.D.Curator of Herpetology2. Kesler RandallCollections Manager, Fossil Vertebrates3. Michael Wall, Ph.D.Director of the Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias & Curator of Entomology4. ...
San Diego Natural History Museum Charles Darwin, reluctant revolutionary, profoundly altered our view of the natural world and our place in it. The new exhibition Darwin: Evolution|Revolution opens today and runs through the end of February. Don't forget to say hi to Verde the iguana while you're there! Admission to the Darwin exhibition includes all other exhibitions at the Museum as well as 3D films.
San Diego Natural History Museum Big day tomorrow! Media preview for Darwin: Evolution|Revolution in the AM, then Members Open House/Annual Mtg/Darwin Opening in the evening
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Research News: SDNHM scientists recently went to the southern extension of the Viscaino Desert in northwestern Baja California Sur to study the effects of Hurricane Jimena on the region's plants and animals. As expected, the plants responded well to the abundant rainfall that the hurricane brought. An example: this mem...ber of the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae) that has 5 small, white petals that are deeply lobed or fringed, making the flower look a bit like a snowflake.Read More
Katia I love the teenager shark on the ceiling. It amazes me. I love learning about sharks
Katia I am a BIG fan of the Natural History Museum
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In the dunes north of Guerrero Negro, BRCC Director Dr. Michael Wall collected many specimens of Polyphylla multimaculata (the many-spotted lined June beetle). This beetle is only known from dunes in central Baja California, where its larvae likely burrow in the sand and feed on the roots of dune shrubs. It is closely ...related to the ten-lined June beetle that is found in San Diego and prefers pines and other conifers.Read More
San Diego Natural History Museum 3D Dinos come in all shapes and sizes! Now playing Dinosaurs Alive! 3D through the end of November, the Downing 3D Experience is included with paid Museum admission. Costumes optional, but always encouraged (epecially if you're coming to Balboa Parkfor the Halloween Family Day this Saturday).
