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Beavers, Maryland’s Master Engineers

Animals Field Experiences Hiking

Let’s experience the Maryland landscape through the eyes of its most influential engineer, the American beaver. We’ll begin our deep dive into beaver life and their ecological brilliance with a mini workshop at a local home. We’ll start with the history of beavers in the Mid-Atlantic and move on to explore their unique physiology and […]

Cost: $20-25

Eighty Years of Box Turtles

Animals Field Experiences

Since the 1940s, scientists have tracked Eastern box turtles at the Patuxent Research Refuge as part of one of the longest-running wildlife surveys in the U.S. This research reveals their movements, survival strategies, and use of habitats. With box turtle populations in steep decline due to habitat destruction, road mortality, and illegal trafficking, information gathered […]

Cost: $15-25