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Last Updated: Jun 12 2018 · 7:40 p.m.

A desert hairy scorpion, illuminated by a blacklight, at the Butterfly Pavilion, Feb. 13, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Yes, Colorado has fireflies, but also look at these glowing scorpions

I've got two pieces of good news: First, there are indeed fireflies in Colorado. Second, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is gearing up for an entire exhibit centered around magic bioluminescence.

A gnome is hidden under an escalator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Jan. 3, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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There are elves, leprechauns and gnomes hidden throughout the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, so we went looking for them

With full bellies, literature and a camera in hand, and the twinkle of curiosity in our eyes, we set out to see something we'd ne'er before seen.

Large bone donation from John Hankla to Denver Museum of Nature & Science. (Courtesy of DMNS)

6,000 dinosaur bones arrived in Denver. Next stop: the mall

In what is the largest donation of dinosaur fossils ever made to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, more than 6,000 Edmontosaurus bones have arrived in Denver.