LSU Museum of Natural Science

🌲🍂🦉Wrapping up the 2025–2026 Special Saturday series with a journey through temperate forests! 🍃🌎

For our final session of the academic year, participants explored the rich biodiversity and ecological importance of temperate forest ecosystems alongside our amazing PhD candidate David Vander Pluym 🎓🔬. From towering trees 🌳 to hidden forest-floor communities, we discovered how these habitats support wildlife, regulate climate, and inspire scientific curiosity. ✨

A huge THANK YOU 💚 to everyone who joined us throughout this year’s Special Saturdays — your enthusiasm and curiosity made every session memorable. 🫶 We can’t wait to see you next season for even more science, exploration, and discovery! 🌎✨🌱

Join us for our last LSUMNS Seminar of the Spring Semester 2026!!✨

We are honored to welcome Dr. Gonzalo Giribet, Full Professor at Harvard University, this Friday, May 1st, at 3:30PM. Find more information about his talk in the flyer 🧬

We will also have a Zoom link (https://lsu.zoom.us/j/93924499061 or Meeting ID: 939 2449 9061) for those unable to attend in person.

Congrats to our dear Business Manager and boss, Ms. Tammie Jackson, on her 20th anniversary of working at LSU and the Museum of Natural Science. Thank you for all your years of guidance, dedication, and hard work!