San Diego Natural History Museum

After our San Diego Natural History Museum Board retreat yesterday, we had an amazing tour by Dr. Tom Deméré our Curator of Paleontology/Director of PaleoServices. Some of the specimens in these photos go back over 40 million years...discovered here in our region. So incredible. Please come visit the San Diego Natural History Museum! Thank you to the incredible team at the NAT for all you do to share the wonders of nature with us!

?? Skip the usual after-work happy hour. Nat at Night is where you want to be on 2/21! Grab your team and trade office talk for rooftop views, craft cocktails, delicious food from The Craft Taco and Wolf in the Woods, and adventures around the Museum. Plus, admission is half-price from 5 to 10 PM. Tickets are available online or at the door. See you there! ???: https://bit.ly/4hJVVv8 ??: Stacy Keck #TheNat #SanDiegoNaturalHistoryMuseum #BalboaPark #NaturalHistoryMuseum

Thanks to the generous support of the Conrad Prebys Foundation, #TheNat is embarking on an ambitious new initiative to develop a region-wide approach to healing through nature.?? ? Over the next six months, we will gather input from diverse audiences around #SanDiegoCounty and explore how San Diegans can connect with nature to improve their mental, physical, and emotional health.?? ? ?? Want to be a part of it?? We are seeking a professional #evaluator to assist us in designing and implementing a community needs assessment and evaluation framework for this new endeavor. If you or someone you know has evaluation and needs assessment experience, please check out this request for proposals and apply by February 21 to be considered!?

Two countries. One goal: conservation. ??? ? The upcoming Nat Talk, Keep Baja Wild, will have a short screening of the 1962 historical documentary "Artistic Expedition Through Baja California" and three rapid, expert presentations about binational conservation.? ? Join us and Terra Peninsular on Friday, January 31 from 7–9 PM to get your Baja fix. Don't forget you can join us early to enjoy some Craft Taco?? or shop at Gold Leaf.? ? ?? Tickets are $12 for members and $15 for non-members. Link is in the bio!? ------------? Dos países. Una meta: la conservación.??? ? El próximo Nat Talk, Keep Baja Wild, incluirá una proyección del documental histórico (1962) “Artistic Expedition Through Baja California” y tres presentaciones por expertos en conservación binacional.? ?? Acompá?anos el siguiente viernes 31 de enero de 7–9 PM para saciar esas ganas que traes de escaparte a la Baja. No olvides que puedes llegar temprano para disfrutar Craft Taco o ir de compras en Gold Leaf.? ?? ?? Los boletos cuestan $12 USD para miembros y $15 USD para no-miembros. ?Enlace en nuestro perfil!? ? #TheNat #HereForNature #Conservation #ConservationResearch #BajaCalifornia #SanDiego #SanDiegoNaturalHistoryMuseum #BalboaPark #NaturalHistoryMuseum?

?? We’re excited to announce that we’re one of the 59 recipients of the Healing Through the Arts and Nature grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation! We are so grateful for their investment in furthering San Diego's conservation by supporting our Healthy Canyons Initiative. Learn all about it here: https://bit.ly/4hiHuOj #TheNat #HereForNature #PrebysFoundation #GrantRecipient #Nature #Grant #HealthyCanyons #SanDiegoCanyons

We're thrilled to be collaborating with Florida Atlantic University and SeaWorld San Diego to digitize a rare vaquita skeleton from our collections.? ?? We take pride in collaborating with likeminded organizations to make our collections as useful and accessible as possible. Check out the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/es26-N7D #TheNat #HereForNature #VaquitaPorpoise #Porpoise #MarineMammal #EndangeredSpecies #Vaquita #Conservation

We just released "Nature Buds", a free, new resource that uses the outdoors as a living classroom. The set of bilingual cards helps cultivate early literacy and a love for the natural world. We’re collaborating with the San Diego Unified School District and the San Diego Public Library to coordinate their distribution. All Nature Buds resources can also be found online at bit.ly/3WdU8WH. San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Public Library #TheNat #HereForNature #NatureBuds #EarlyLiteracy #OutdoorEducation #Education #BilingualLearners #BilingualEducation

Once upon a time, the tricolored blackbird was described as THE most abundant bird species near San Diego and Los Angeles *gasp*. Today, it is a threatened species that is rare in southern California. The reason their population is dwindling in southern California? Mainly habitat loss due to development. Their large nesting colonies used to be found in coastal freshwater marshes surrounded by extensive grasslands for foraging, many of which have disappeared. This year, The Nat’s ornithology team visited over 100 possible nesting sites in San Diego County but only found 9 nesting colonies. Although few nesting sites were found, there’s still some good news—our scientists found one new colony and one large colony, estimated to be around 3,000 birds in size! Surveys like these are the first step in learning more about the status of tricolored blackbird populations. Once we have a better grasp of their status and habitat needs, we can help plan for their conservation and management. ??: Barbara Swanson took this image of a male tricolored blackbird who just secured a delicious spider snack. #TheNat #HereForNature #Birding #Birders #TricoloredBlackbird #KumeyaayLand #SanDiegoCounty #SanDiegoBirders

Thank you to Ranch & Coast Magazine for the fabulous coverage back in October. Their 60th anniversary special edition featured other community organizations in San Diego celebrating milestone anniversaries—and we are the eldest! Check out the "then" and "now" photos of our building. ?? Congratulations to Ranch & Coast and thanks again for highlighting The Nat's 150th anniversary year. #TheNat #HereForNature #Anniversary #PRFeature #NaturalHistory #RanchAndCoastMagazine

The U.S. is home to 41 bat species. San Diego is home to over half of them. ?? San Diego is home to 22 of 41 bat species found in the U.S., which help control insect populations and pollinate plants—but 16 of those are on conservation watchlists. A recent scientific study led by scientists at The Nat and USGS shed light on how urbanization and development put our favorite flying mammals at risk. Learn more about the study here: https://lnkd.in/g3zyadFY ??: Pictured here is a Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) drinking from a pond. Photo by Anthony Mercieca. #TheNat #HereForNature #Bats #BatConservation #KumeyaayLand #SanDiego #BatSpecies #Mammalogy