Adult Program

Propagating Native Wildflowers from Seed

Including native plants in your garden is a great way to help pollinators. Expand your native plantings inexpensively by growing them yourself from seed. In this 2 hour course we’ll discover different… About the Instructor Jim Sirch, Education Coordinator at the Yale Peabody Museum, is a UConn Master Gardener and board member of his local land trust. As a trained naturalist, he brings a deep understanding of geology, plants, and wildlife, and how they interact within a… Photo of Jim Sirch collecting wildflower seeds; Photo by Willow Ann Sirch…

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Webinar

A Tale of Two Lizzies

Lizards are the most diverse group of land-living vertebrates alive today. They thrive everywhere in the world, except at the poles. Yet a poor fossil record keeps the origins of the major lizard groups hidden. Yale Ph.D. candidate Dalton Meyer will show us how 3D-imaging…

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Adult Program

Exploring the Hidden Geology of East Rock

In this two and a half hour walk along the roads and trails of East Rock Park in New Haven, learn to identify clues to the geologic past of this site in the Central Valley of Connecticut by studying signs of volcanism, sedimentation and erosion and how they relate to…

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Talk

Connecting Environment and Economy

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture
with Eli Fenichel

Yale professor Eli Fenichel discusses where, why, and how the environment is emerging as a primary driver of economic policy decisions both domestically and internationally. New initiatives like the U.S. Natural Capital Accounts and Environmental Economic Statistics…

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Talk

Performance All the Way Down

Book Release
with Richard Prum

Presented in partnership with RJ Julia Booksellers. Peabody curator and Yale ornithologist Richard Prum sits down with professor Joanna Radin to discuss his new book Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference. This much anticipated follow-up to…

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Webinar

Birds Go to Prom

Most birds have some growing up to do before they start to breed. Despite reaching full size within weeks or months of hatching, some species will not raise offspring for years, or even decades. Yale Ph.D. candidate Liam Taylor explores the strange things that some birds…

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Film Screening

Life on Our Planet

Be the first to screen the never-before-seen footage of the upcoming Netflix title, Life on Our Planet! Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.   ** Concessions… …

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Adult Program

Discovering Moths

Connecticut’s more than 2,400 species of moths perform important ecological roles as pollinators and much more. Join local naturalist John Himmelman, author and illustrator of over 80 books for children and adults, for this presentation featuring moths, their lifecycle,…

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Workshop

Plant It & They Will Come

Whether you have a few containers on the patio or a one-acre backyard, you can create a refuge for pollinators. Join Jim Sirch, Education Coordinator, to discover essential tips for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies to your space. Learn how to transform any outdoor…

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Workshop

Plant It & They Will Come

Whether you have a few containers on the patio or a one-acre backyard, you can create a refuge for pollinators. Join Jim Sirch, Education Coordinator, to discover essential tips for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies to your space. Learn how to transform any outdoor…

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