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...
New Teacher Training Workshops
Registration is now open for two FREE day-long teacher training workshops entitled Getting into the Swim—Evolution of Aquatic Adaptations in Mammals and Reptiles. Learn more...
Waller Creek Cleanup
Volunteers are needed on Saturday, November 14, to help clean Waller Creek, an urban watershed that runs from North Austin through the city and campus into Lady Bird Lake downtown. Register now!
The Museum Store Holiday Sale
20% off all merchandise—December 3–6
Booksigning of Big River, Rio Grande—photos by Laurence Parent & text by David Baxter—Dec. 3rd, 4pm to 7pm
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Identification Day
Found a fossil or other intriguing natural object? Then come to our next Identification Day at the Texas Memorial Museum on Sunday, January 31st, from 1–5 pm. Identification Day is a chance for you to speak with TNSC scientists and other local experts and obtain informal identifications of natural objects such as fossils, bones, rocks and archeological materials (arrowheads, points, scrapers, etc.).
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.
TNSC Herpetologists in the News
TNSC scientist works with local students to take their classroom outdoors, implanting radio transmitters and following snakes to learn about their habits and habitat.
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.
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 |
Thank you for your support!
