HARRISBURG, Pa., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State Museum of Pennsylvania today announced its program schedule for April: Making it Better Exhibition, continuing

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State Museum of Pennsylvania today announced programming features for the month of June: Saturday, June 18: Art of the State Exhibition Opening Art of the State, a special annual exhibition at The State Museum, is recognized as the official, statewide juried competition for Pennsylvania artists.

Depending on the species, they adopt different strategies. Many spend the winter in a dormant stage, or diapause. That's the insect equivalent of hibernation.

By Natasha Derrick, The State, Columbia, S.C. Jun. 15--From a distance, a satellite picture of Madagascar appears to be a spindly octopus with long, rusty red tendrils. Or perhaps it is the sprawling flow of lava from an erupting volcano.

By Paul Grondahl, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Apr. 19--ALBANY -- Since the fossilized "Gilboa stumps" were discovered in the 1870s in Schoharie County, they have enchanted generations of visitors to the old State Museum with their bulbous and veined bulk.