The VMNHcast

VMNHcast #16: The Virginia Birding Classic

VMNH Executive Director Dr. Joe Keiper and CFO Jonathan Martin have gone afield to search for birds as part of the 2024 Virginia Birding Classic! Tune in to learn more about this event, which is hosted by our friends at the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

VMNHcast #15: Drepanosaur, one of the Triassic's weirdest reptiles

Dino Festival at the Virginia Museum of Natural History is coming up fast, so let's celebrate with a look at one of the weirdest reptiles of the Triassic Period! In this episode, VMNH Assistant Curator of Paleontology Dr. Adam Pritchard discusses his recent paper on drepanosaur, a truly strange reptile that existed before the dinosaurs!

VMNHcast #14: Bugging Dr. Art Evans, Part Two

In part two of VMNH Administrator of Science Ben Williams' interview with entomologist and VMNH Research Associate Dr. Art Evans, Dr. Evans discusses a recent trip he took to collect beetles and other insects across the American Southwest. Not even heavy rains, rattlesnakes, and angry bees can stop a dedicated entomologist!

VMNHcast #13: Bugging Dr. Art Evans, Part One

Dr. Art Evans is not only a Research Associate and board member at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, he's also the co-host of VPM's "What's Bugging You?" and has written numerous books about beetles and other insects. His latest book, "The Lives of Beetles," releases this March. In part one of a two-part interview, Dr. Evans sits down with VMNH Administrator of Science Ben Williams to discuss his varied and fascinating career, which includes everything from insect zoos to seagull puppets to winning an Emmy!

VMNHcast #12: Meet Dr. Arianna Kuhn

The VMNHcast has returned from the holidays! In October 2022, herpetologist Dr. Arianna Kuhn became the newest curator at VMNH. In this episode of the VMNHcast, recorded just a few days after she started, Dr. Kuhn talks about her globe-trotting studies of reptiles and amphibians around the world, the dangers that these creatures face, and the potential to find new or hybrid species right here in Virginia.