Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

Looking for something fun to do this summer? Make birds with Holly Greenberg!

Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene is hosting four free open drop-in workshops for all ages in Chicago and Evanston during the summer! This crowdsourced environmental art project involves crafting a bird replica for the 300-foot carpet of birds killed in window collisions in Chicago.

Take part in this important and inspiring project by attending any of the upcoming workshops and make a bird for the carpet while learning how to make your windows more bird-friendly!

Learn more details about these upcoming workshops on our website, linked in the comments, and follow Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene to learn more about the project!

06/02/2026

Have a great month!!

06/02/2026

BenU Community Members are welcome to join us in the garden for tending tasks! 🌱

Members of the public are welcome to sign up as a Volunteer to assist in the garden. Contact us for details! 630-829-6531

05/31/2026

Our outreach team is out at Wonder Pond at the Morton Arboretum for the Nature Play for All event! We are here today, May 31, from 10am to 4pm! Learn about dragonflies, turtles, damselflies, fish, and more! Catch some tadpoles and explore the frog life cycle. Free for members and included with general admission! 🌿

05/29/2026

This afternoon, our Director/Curator presented at the virtual Campus Nature Rx Conference! The presentation highlighted the ongoing Nature Rx Wellness Walks offered on campus, the nature journaling initiatives, and various ways we help connect our students, faculty, and visitors with the natural world. 🌿🦋🦆🦌🖌️🎨 The conference was a wonderful way to share as well as to learn about what other institutions are doing on their campuses.

05/28/2026

Join us at Wonder Pond on Sunday, May 31 between 10am and 4pm! We are excited to co-host the Nature Play for All event again this year at The Morton Arboretum! 🌿

🔎 Play, wonder, and explore nature in the Children's Garden through accessible activities at Nature Play for All! 🌿 Activities include:

🌱 Seed planting
🎨 Tree cookie decorating
✨ Nature Sensory Bins
🐸 Wonder Pond fun
👟 An obstacle course that is inclusive for all

📆 Sunday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
🎟 Included with your general admission or Arboretum membership. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3RC9tB5.

Nature Play for All is generously sponsored by International Paper.

05/22/2026

Discover Nature 🐝
Egg-Laying Mammals
Mammals are endotherms, animals that maintain their own internal body temperature, and they have three unique traits: they are covered with fur or hair; the young are fed milk from the mother’s mammary glands; and they have three middle-ear bones. Most mammals give live birth, but one group, the monotremes, are egg-laying mammals. Fossil evidence has been found of monotremes that once lived in South America, but all of the species alive today, echidnas and platypus, reside in Australia and New Guinea.
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05/14/2026

The BenU Community Garden is planted for the 20th season! 🌻🌱🦋 Thanks to all who joined today to get the beds planted! 🪏
There will be plenty more work days ahead, so stay tuned for more opportunities to garden with us! 🍅🥕🫜🍆🫛🥬🥒🥔🧄

05/12/2026

This afternoon, we took a nature walk and surveyed the birds across campus. Mainly focusing around Lake St. Benedict, 55 species of birds were observed! A Pileated woodpecker even flew directly overhead.
🦅🦉🐦‍⬛🐦🐥🦆🪿🦢 Take a walk around the lake this week for a real treat as the spring bird migration is now underway.