Your Summer Nights Just Got Better!
Nat at Night is back weekly.

Every Friday night between May 26—September 4, we'll be open until 10 PM. Enjoy access to all exhibitions, test your knowledge at trivia, or unleash your creativity during SketchParty sessions on select dates, all while enjoying the cool summer vibes. Plus, admission is half-price after 5 PM. 

As always, members of The Nat and Explorer pass holders enjoy free general admission. 

I've been waiting for this!

We Made a Turtle-y Cool Discovery
Solving a 40-million-year-old sea turtle mystery.

You never know what you might find in The Nat's research collections.  
Sometimes it's the first record of an animal in a certain location. Sometimes it's a potential new species. Sometimes it's a discovery that fills a historical gap. For Nat paleontology researcher Ashley Poust and his coauthors on a newly published paper—it was all three.   

Read about the discovery here. 

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Explore Nature’s Canvas
Unleash your inner photographer at our upcoming workshop.

Hector Valtierra, a photography and iNaturalist guru from City College is leading a nature photography workshop around Balboa Park on Saturday, June 10 at 8:45 AM. Learn basic camera skills, photo composition, and species identification tips. Be sure to bring your own camera—smartphone, DSLR, whatever you have!  

 A $25 registration fee is required for members, $30 for non-members. 

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Mark Your Calendars
We have two Nat Talks in June!

Yup, you read that right—we have TWO exciting Nat Talks for you this June. 

Join us on June 13 at 7 PM to hear from Tammah Watts about the power of healing in birding. She will share how spending time in nature, especially with birds, benefits our mental and physical health. After the talk, you can stop by the Museum store for a book sale and signing of her book, Keep Looking Up – The Powerful Healing of Birding.

On June 27 at 7 PM, in partnership with KPBS, we will host an exclusive pre-screening of Human Footprint, a brand-new, six-part documentary series that will air this summer on all PBS platforms. You will get to see one of the episodes before it airs and hear from the filmmakers at Day's Edge Productions and biologist Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D. 

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Your Legacy Can Help Prevent Extinction
Help plan for the future.

Nobody can live forever, but we can help plan for the future beyond ourselves. By leaving a legacy gift to The Nat you can help protect threatened and endangered species right here in your own backyard.

We promise that generations of condors, checkerspots, and kangaroo rats will thank you. Learn more about becoming a member of our Live Oaks Society, and click here to learn more about our conservation work. 

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By The Way...

- Spend your holiday weekend with us and come enjoy our new films!

- Our Live Youth Program on Friday is all about camera traps. The program is great for grades 2 and up, but all are welcome. Did we mention it’s free?  

- Join the Canyoneers on some of their last hikes of the season. Don’t worry—the season starts back up in September!