January 28th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Anna Torres
Celebrate the Mayan New Year with a Mayan astronomy webinar in Spanish and more in February’s lineup of virtual programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. ( El Castillo (Pyramid of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá by Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0)
A virtual science café, an online lecture on coral reproduction and a Mayan Astronomy webinar in Spanish; stream these free programs and more this February through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
How Beetles Adapted to Survive
Feb. 3, 1 p.m. ET Discover the dazzling diversity of beetles with Entomologist Floyd Shockley in a National Museum of Natural History program streaming Feb. 3. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)
Go on a virtual tour of the museum’s live insect zoo on Jan. 6. (Smithsonian)
Join Insect Zoo Lead Chris Mooney as he takes you behind-the-scenes at the National Museum of Natural History’s O. Orkin Insect Zoo. See real insects, including beetles, leaf cutter ants and walking sticks; learn about the unique features that help them survive and find out what it takes to be an animal keeper and scientist.
This webinar is designed for students in grades 3-5. It will be archived and available on the museum’s website after it airs on Jan. 6.
Jan. 9, 11 a.m. ET