Ozark Natural Science Center

Feb. 15th: All winter spring peepers (small tree frogs) have been hibernating under logs, leaves, and under shallow soil. Because frogs are cold blooded their body temperature drops below freezing in winter. When the winter world freezes, about 65% of frog’s body also freezes. It stays alive by producing glucose which acts like anti-freeze and [...]

Feb. 7th – Snow Geese have been seen flying north as warm weather arrives. Last week, while watching the snow geese, an immature bald eagle was spotted attacking the flock in mid flight. Bald eagles are predators and will eat other large birds if they can catch one. This young eagle was trying to single [...]

Every week teachers and students at the Ozark Natural Science Center spot something unique and interesting. Every week something new is happening for the first time this year, especially during spring. We at ONSC want to share these observations with you. Therefore, we are excited to announce the creation of Weekly Naturalist Notes! You can [...]

  Often when I telling people that I work outdoors with kids at ONSC, they ask what we do in winter. When I tell them our programs run through the winter months, they seem surprise. Most people don’t think to spend time outdoors, in the woods during the winter months. But winter is personally my favorite time [...]

The Ozark Natural Science Center participates in a few different citizen science projects throughout the year. Anyone can participate in a citizen science project. As the name implies, it is a project in which average citizens from all over the world gather important data in their own backyards that helps scientists with their data. At ONSC, [...]