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April 22, 2022

Design Plans Unveiled for New Discovery Place Nature

Design Plans Unveiled for New Discovery Place Nature | Design team led by Liollio Architecture and Charlotte native Walter Hood’s Hood Design Studio

August 24, 2021

Pluto Demotion Day

15 years ago, on August 24, 2006, a controversial decision came out of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Pluto would no longer be a planet.

November 13, 2020

Social like honeybees but with a mean sting, Yellow Jackets are important to our ecosystem

Why yellowjackets are essential to our ecosystem