About the Texas Natural Science Center
The Texas Natural Science Center is the home of the Texas Memorial Museum, the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory and the Texas Natural History Collections. Learn more...
Fossils in the Spotlight at the Wildflower Center's Nature Night, Thursday, July 9th
TNSC paleontologist Dr. Pamela R. Owen and science educators Christina Cid and Laura Naski team with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to host a fossil-themed Nature Night at the Wildflower Center. Make plans for this Thursday, July 9th, from 6–9pm to learn about paleontology with family-friendly presentations, touchable fossils, and other activities!
Project WILD and Project WILD Aquatic Facilitator Training
Have you been trained to use Project WILD and want to share your love of the curriculum with other educators? Then join TNSC and Texas Parks and Wildlife for a FREE facilitator workshop in which you learn how to teach Project WILD and Project WILD Aquatic workshops to other adults.
Winged Wonders
Visit the Center’s newest exhibit to explore how flight and color have played key roles in the success of the most dominant group of animals on the planet: insects.
Texas: Past, Present and Future Summer 2009 Teacher Training
Work with TNSC educators and scientists to learn how a visit to the Texas Memorial Museum can complement your classroom instruction. Topics covered in this free TEKS-aligned professional development workshop include geology, paleontology and Texas wildlife. Register now!
TNSC in the News
TNSC herpetologists are joining the search for a Texas lizard disappearing from much of its former habitat. 60 year-old locality records for lizard specimens cataloged in the Texas Natural History Collection help form the framework for the new search. Read more about this project...
Windows on Nature
The Center’s newest exhibit features the photographic art of Austinite John Ingram and includes brilliant color close-ups of native Texas wildlife. Read more...
Be a Citizen Scientist!
Everybody loves dragonflies! Take your own fascination with them to the next level by posting your observations online at OdonataCentral.com. You will get credit for your find on the website. OdonataCentral.com is the worldwide distribution hub for information on dragonflies and damselflies, with information on species size, characteristics, distributions, habitats, and flight seasons. Find out more...
Become a Member of Texas Natural Science Center
Membership entitles you to special benefits, and by joining, you directly support the many research and education efforts of the Center. Join today! Read more...
Ask the Expert
Send us your questions about natural history!
TNSC Advisory Council
The purpose of the advisory council is to foster excellence in
the collection-based research, education and outreach of the
Texas Natural Science Center. Council members work to: advise and assist the director in the areas of marketing, fundraising and education; encourage financial support for exhibits, preservation of collections and a wide range of educational and research programs; and, identify and facilitate relationships with community leaders to the benefit of the Texas Natural Science Center.
| Nancy Humphries – Chair | Sidney Jones |
| Sandy Ball | Phil Kohlhaas (ex-officio) |
| Jess Butler | Cappy Manly |
| Ron Carter | Karen Ostlund |
| Angela G. Collins | Nancy Roser (ex-officio) |
| Anne Donovan | Marika Schoolar |
| Robert Durkee | Doyle Simons |
| Drake Fason | Tina Stockton |
| Priscilla Pond Flawn (honorary) |
Melodie Summersett |
| Harvey Frye | Steve Vandegrift |
| Bill Graber | Pam Welborn |
| Mack Ray Hernandez | Vanessa Westbrook (honorary) |
| John Jones (honorary) | Steve Wilson |
