*This post was adopted from my wildlife conservation blog: https://nhwildlifeimpact.wordpress.com/ For the Summer of 2019 I was fortunate enough to be one of four Keene State College students chosen to do a conservation field internship with the Harris Center for Conservation Education. The Harris Center is based in Hancock, New Hampshire but has conservation land that…
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Meet the Curator Notes: Desert Rosy Boa
The third animal I presented at the Museum of Science are the Desert Rosy Boas. They are found in the southwestern United Sates, specifically Southern California to Southwestern Arizona, in dry shrubs, deserts, and near-desert areas. They are usually found underground but can climb well. They are the smaller members of the Boa Constrictor family….
Meet the Curator Notes: Eastern Tiger Salamander
The second animal I researched is the Eastern Tiger Salamander, also known as just Tiger Salamanders. They belong to the group ‘Mole Salamander’ because they spend most of their lives underground. They have the greatest range of any North American salamander ranging from southeastern Alaska, through the United States and down to the Mexican Plateau….
Meet the Curator Notes: African Pygmy Hedgehog
As part of my Museum of Science internship I get to do animal interpretations with an animal of my choice. This means I got to pick an animal, research it, and then bring it out into exhibit halls and help present it during live animal shows. The first animal I chose is the African Pygmy…
Animal Pictures from the Museum of Science
Scroll over each picture for the name and species of each animal.
Save the Bay Internship
During the Summer of 2018 I was lucky enough to have been offered a position as an aquarist intern with Save the Bay. I got to complete my internship at their Bay Center in Providence where my days consisted of caring for a variety of the marine organisms housed there, such as spider crabs, dogfish,…
Museum of Science, Boston Internship
This summer I am very excited to be given the opportunity to work as an animal care intern in the Live Animal Care Center at the Museum of Science in Boston! When I was applying for this internship I didn’t really know what to expect, very little information was given on the website and during…
Katelyn Fournier 