Science in Conversation Join the Natural History Institute for a webinar series that asks scientists to uncover the natural history in their science. Program Director Jessie Rack engages scientists across a spectrum of nature-based fields to find out why natural history matters, and why it still deserves a place in scientific thought. Register now for […]
NHI Art Gallery Presents The Art of Natural History Highlights from the Josephine Michell Arader Collection Historically, the practice of natural history is what birthed the natural sciences. Art was a means to communicate observations of nature in all its beauty, though red in tooth and claw. In this exhibition, the Natural History Institute […]
Winter means a time to reflect, to follow the inward-turning curiosity, to match language to the constant change and cycling of the natural world. Join the Natural History Institute in this five week workshop that will help you find and tell your own stories of nature. In this series of five weekly, online, small group […]
Hummingbirds are known for their jewel-like feathers and their whirring flight as they feed on the nectar from flowers, drinking hundreds and hundreds of tiny sips of sugary nectar throughout the day. But since their lives depend on access to flowers, they are under intense pressure to defend floral resources, and don’t hesitate to resort to […]
Nature Niños is a free community program for families with children ages 0-8 in the Greater Prescott Area. Park Rangers and community partners (including NHI!) will lead child-centered play events at a different family friendly trail each month. At every Nature Niños event there will be take-home freebies, creative nature activities, storytime, a raffle, and […]
“The most vulnerable habitats of all, with the highest extinction rate per unit area, are rivers, streams and lakes....” ~E.O. Wilson in "A Biologist's Manifesto for Preserving the Earth" Northern Arizona's Verde River is a little-known and underappreciated river supporting some of the best-surviving riparian habitat in the southwest. The Verde River has tremendous value […]
Join the Natural History Institute for a Speaker Series talk by Yavapai College professor Dr. Jeb Bevers, who will share his research into the life and work of Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace spent a dozen years collecting and authoring his works on the natural history of the flora and fauna in the upper […]
Join Liz Makings, collections manager of the Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, for a field workshop focused on the annual plants of the Sonoran Desert. Liz will explain the details of some important desert flowers with the help of a hand lens (strongly recommended) and guide participants in the basics of recognizable field characters […]
City of Prescott Recreation Services presents Trekabout Hiking Club Treks around the Prescott area are held year-round, every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:00 a.m. during the summer and 8:00 a.m. during winter, and vary in length and difficulty. Hikes are led by staff and volunteers from the Prescott Recreation Services Department, Yavapai County Community […]
Nature Niños is a free community program for families with children ages 0-8 in the Greater Prescott Area. Park Rangers and community partners (including NHI!) will lead child-centered play events at a different family friendly trail each month. At every Nature Niños event there will be take-home freebies, creative nature activities, storytime, a raffle, and […]