Events for December 22, 2024 - December 22, 2024

Learn how to identify shark species by examining their teeth, from sharks living today and from fossils. Discover how shark teeth can become fossils. Make your […]

Several species of seals come to visit Long Island during the colder winter months in search of food. The three most common species that visit Long […]

Legend has it that native tribes related this moon to the nighttime howling of wolves. Join us to mark the first of the year’s full moons […]

SOFO is offering a monthly program which will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1 pm for children ages 3 to 7 […]

DAWN TO DUSK At one time a great variety of waterfowl wintered on Long Island; now, due to habitat loss, food scarcity, and the introduction of […]

Celebrate your favorite creatures while learning to sculpt with model magic! Explore the different habitats and wonders of this planet's amazing animal species! $10 materials fee. Program […]

SOFO’s Young Environmentalists Society (YES!) is led by Mare Dianora, an interdisciplinary artist whose practice involves building community and creating connections to home and place. YES! is open to young […]

For the second year in a row, the Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) and the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature […]

Join SOFO in celebrating Observe the Weather Day by making a “Cloud Hunt” viewer using cardboard. Then, we’ll take our “Cloud Hunt” viewers outside and go […]

Listen for the whinnying sound of the Eastern Screech Owl or maybe the seven-note hoot of the Great Horned Owl on this nighttime owl prowl that […]

Winter is a wonderful time to listen for our local owls since they are setting up their breeding territories, calling to their partners or warning other […]