Adapt to survive
Discovering Life Hall
Good for
All Ages
Location
Level 2
Brain Juice Focus
Animals
No hiking shoes needed!
Get ready for an indoor nature walk — where everything from single-cell organisms to complete ecosystems will open your mind to the power and potential of living things. You'll discover fossils, taxidermy specimens, 3D animations, and interactive games that demonstrate how factors like genetics and environment are shaping the next generation of plants, animals — and even bacteria!
Use your senses!
Origins and Adaptations
Explore environmental factors
Uncover the world beneath your feet
Discovering Life Hall Scavenger Hunt
- Find the rattlesnake and look closely: one of its fangs is made of clear epoxy!
- Find the melanistic Leopard (burgundy-colored) — it's from India.
- Take the stairs down from Level 3 to get the best view of the Black-Maned Lion from Tanzania.
What to do next
Take what you've learned about cells and get up close and personal with them inside the Bio Lab of the Being Human Hall. Become a scientist when you perform a DNA extraction, examine your very own cheek cells, or test which household chemicals kill microbes.

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