North America July 7, 2012

The animals and plants of North America are exhibited throughout the museum and are one of the museum's strengths. Begin in the Panorama of North American Animals on the fourth floor, a diorama that is home to wolves, prairie dogs, bison, mountain goats and other mammals of the plains. On the sixth floor, individual dioramas of fox, eagles, deer, rabbits and mice reveal scenes between predators and prey. Discover the differences between venomous and non-venomous snakes in the live snake exhibit, and learn about bee communication and the complex social life of a beehive in the museum's live bee colony exhibit.