May 3-4: As spring returns to Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, naturalists and park rangers lead hikes searching out both rare and common wildflowers.
May 4: Say it with us: "May the fourth be with you!" It's Star Wars Day!
May 6-12: Honoring more than 3 million men and women, National Nurses Week concludes on the birthday of modern nursing’s founder, Florence Nightingale.
May 7: “Why Do Sharks Attack?” is aquestion the series Nova triesto answer by analyzing Australia’s recent increase in fatal human-shark encounters, as well as a dramaticuptick in the Great White population off the Massachusetts coast. PBS, 9 p.m. EDT.
May 8: How good — or bad or ugly — is the science in 1998's notorious bomb Godzilla? Experts provide commentary during a screening at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
May 10: Utah’s Golden Spike National Historic Site commemorates the 145th anniversary of the completion of ...