If you find yourself wondering how to be more environmentally conscious, then you can start with a few of these simple tips.
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Author: Academy Editor
Fall Garden Guide
Whether you live in the city, suburbs or out in the woods, you can help local communities and biodiversity flourish with a few of these simple autumn garden tips.
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Remembering Beloved Academy Botanist Ernie Schuyler
Legendary. Not a word to be tossed around lightly, but one that applies to so much of Alfred E. (Ernie) Schuyler’s life and career at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
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Simple Ways to Reduce Plastic
Easing off plastics in our day-to-day lives is simple and impactful.
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Staging a Comeback: Using Mussels to Improve Local Conservation Efforts
Academy scientists and their partners set out to better understand freshwater mussels and their hidden lifecycles, then find a way to propagate and reintroduce them back into the wild.
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Searching for South America in the Academy’s Archives and Fossil Collections
One Drexel student’s investigation into an older collection helps shed some light on scientific specimens from South America.
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Spring Garden Guide
Whether you live in the city, suburbs or out in the woods, you can help local biodiversity flourish with a few of these simple spring garden tips.
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What is eDNA and Why is it Important?
Environmental DNA analysis is a novel key tool that enables critical insights into aquatic biodiversity.
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Rediscovering the Hidden Beauty of the Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
With rare and captivating specimens, the world-class collection is the oldest of its kind in the United States, headed by Curator and Prof Jocelyn Sessa, PhD.
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From Fin to Limb to Art: A Love for Paleo Illustration Brings Tiktaalik to Life
The natural world of fishes and salamanders inspires an Academy artist’s scientific creativity.
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