The Academy welcomes our new executive director of library and archives to help manage one of the finest natural history libraries in North America
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Protect Our Water
Protecting and conserving our water are critical to the health of our planet and ourselves. Fortunately, there are many simple ways to keep it clean.
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Floodplains and Redlines
Drexel BEES students research Philly flood hazard zones that overlap with marginalized communities
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The Future Ghost Forests of New Jersey
Careful research of loblolly pines can help prevent tree death in NJ marshes
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Birding in the Great Outdoors
Perspectives from Black Birder Anwar Abdul-Qawi, lead keeper at the Academy, on getting outdoors
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Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety
Introducing the topic of climate change to young minds
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Drinking Water and Disease: The strange partners that shaped Philadelphia
Part 1: Fairmount Water Works, the right answer for the wrong problem
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Getting Creative in the Field
A BEES student finds a fun way to engage the community in science with stickers
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Create a Water-Wise Garden
Preserve water and keep the environment beautiful by simply creating a water-wise garden
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Little Organism, Big Impact
Some of Earth’s smallest creatures, such as diatoms, can actually have some of the biggest impacts on our planet
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