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Elephant beetle.

Martin Lipman © Canadian Museum of Nature

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Nature Live

Experience live creatures in this dynamic, buzzing zone.

Go nose to nose with an eye-popping collection of live beetles, honey bees, stick insects, tarantulas, hissing cockroaches and other interesting invertebrates.

Do you have an interesting mineral, fossil or other natural-history object to identify or trade? Bring it to our Nature Trade station on weekends and Thursdays after 5 pm.

A museum volunteer plays a game with children.

Tara Conroy © Canadian Museum of Nature

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Playing the Ordovician Fossil Matching Game in the Science Corner.