Folklore & Explore

Highlands Nature Center

June 21st (Register HERE)            9 - 10 PM FREE, all ages welcome Registration required Curious about old wives’ tales, superstitions, & Sasquatch?  Explore the natural, night-time beauty […]

Free

Zahner Lecture 2

Highlands Nature Center

Lecture 2 - Native Plants for the Vegetable Garden Featured Speaker: Adam Bigelow; Plant Nerd and Guide; Bigelow’s Botanical Excursions Date: Thursday, June 22nd Time: 6pm – 7pm Cost: FREE […]

Free

Celebrating Bees w/ Spriggly’s Beescaping

Highlands Nature Center

Saturday, June 24th at the Highlands Nature Center FREE  |  Registration required for adult reading/walk   Join Highlands Nature Center & Spriggly’s Beescaping for a day all about our native bees! […]

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Conservation Genetics of Salamanders

Highlands Biological Station 265 North 6th St, Highlands, NC, United States

Instructor: Dr. JJ Apodaca (Tangled Bank Conservation) The field of conservation genetics is rapidly emerging as an exceedingly vital component of conservation biology. This course focuses on salamanders to explore […]

NatureTime StoryTime

Highlands Nature Center

June 26 at 10:30 AM Highlands Nature Center FREE | No registration necessary Join local storyteller Ms. KK at the Highlands Nature Center as she reads fun books and sings […]

Free

Salamander Meander

Highlands Nature Center

June 27th (Register HERE)        9 - 10 PM FREE, all ages welcome Registration required Search for salamanders in the Botanical Garden! Discover strange and fascinating facts about our […]

Free

Salamander Meander

Highlands Nature Center

June 28th (Register HERE) 9 - 10 PM FREE, all ages welcome Registration required Search for salamanders in the Botanical Garden! Discover strange and fascinating facts about our slimy amphibian friends, […]

Free

Zahner Lecture 3

Highlands Nature Center

Lecture 3 - Microplastic Pollution in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Featured Speaker: Austin D. Gray, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Virginia Tech Date: Thursday, June 29th Time: 6pm – 7pm […]

Free

A Buggy Evening

Highlands Nature Center

July 5th (Register HERE)          9 - 10 PM FREE, all ages welcome Registration required Experience the world of our smallest nocturnal creatures—insects! Learn to identify unique and […]

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