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Celebrate Leafa and Phoenix on International Red Panda Day

September 19 marks International Red Panda Day, and the WNC Nature Center has a lot to celebrate! It has officially been a year and a half since the red pandas,

September 18, 2020

Rotary Club of Asheville and Asheville Rotaract Volunteer Work Group

Rotary Club of Asheville and Asheville Rotaract Refurbish Their Sponsored Nature Play Space

Walking along the one and a half miles of pathways within the WNC Nature Center, you’ll encounter playful otters, howling gray and red wolves, and napping red pandas. You’ll also

August 12, 2020

Appalachian Station now boasts bioactive terrariums!

In the world of animal care, there’s one thing you can always count on: there’s always more to learn. The science of caring for wild and domestic animals is constantly

July 1, 2020

A Nature Center employee guides two donkeys.

Nature Center connects with people virtually amid COVID-19 closure; Friends of the WNC Nature Center seek donations after significant loss of revenue

On average, 30,000 guests visit the WNC Nature Center in March and April. This year, only 3,700 visited in March before the gates were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 23, 2020

Young Naturalists look at river specimens.

Teens Walk on the Wild Side at the WNC Nature Center

The Nature Center’s teen volunteers celebrated the end of the Fall 2019 Young Curators season by surveying the Swannanoa River for mudpuppy salamanders. Kendrick Weeks, the Western Wildlife Diversity Supervisor

February 5, 2020

An outreach education program in front of a classroom.

Bringing the WNC Nature Center to You!

Visiting the WNC Nature Center gives you the chance to see the plants and animals of the Southern Appalachian mountains. Whether it’s the red pandas, whose distant cousins roamed our

October 25, 2019