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...
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
Find out 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...
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.).
Darwin Day
Join TNSC on Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 10 am until 2 pm for Darwin Day—a free, family-friendly event celebrating the 201st anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth—to learn about Darwin's influence on modern science.
Explore UT
Join us on March 6, 2010 for Explore UT, a campus-wide event described as the "Biggest Open House in Texas!" Visitors of all ages have the opportunity to experience a variety of programs that are engaging and inspiring.
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.
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 |
We won 
