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Can you smell with your tongue? What about hearing with your jaw or seeing heat? Most humans can't, without superpowers, but slithery and scaled snakes possess these amazing abilities and more! Snakes exhibit a remarkable diversity of species, colors, and habitats.
Can you smell with your tongue? What about hearing with your jaw or seeing heat? Most humans can't, without superpowers, but slithery and scaled snakes possess these amazing abilities and more! Snakes exhibit a remarkable diversity of species, colors, and habitats.
Become a water engineer! Learn why wetlands are important and what organisms live there. Practice engineering skills by constructing watershed models with our hands-on stream tables. Search for aquatic critters in water samples from Lake James waterways.
What make bobcats such good hunters? Why are coyotes hard to spot? How do beavers keep warm in cold water? Join us at the Catawba River Area to learn about the amazing adaptations of the animals that call Lake James home. Then, take a hike to see what wildlife you can find!
The North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation announced a new partnership with Waypoint Adventure, based in Black Mountain, N.C., to provide adaptive recreation programs for visitors with disabilities.
All North Carolina state parks west of Interstate 77 are closed through at least Oct. 31.