Loads of dark chocolate. Reams of toilet paper. Dozens of hand warmers. Six snowmobiles and a leaf blower. Academy Curator[…]
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Author: Carolyn Belardo
National Climate Assessment: An Inescapable Truth
A new federal report on the effects of climate change, including in Philadelphia, describes a severe, rapidly unfolding problem with[…]
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Commentary on UN Climate Report
Make your vote count for the environment.
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Dioramas Revealed, Part 2
Diorama makeover, takins before and after
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Dioramas Revealed, Part 1
Gorillas makeover, before and after.
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Irreplaceable Loss to Science
Statement from President Scott Cooper.
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Women Making Science History
Meet some of the Academy’s best
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Last Man Who Knew Everything
Looking back to Joseph Leidy
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Surprising Discovery of Civil War Plant
Preserved at the Academy, it was plucked from the Gettysburg battlefield.
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Scientists Discover New Aquatic Predator
Fanged, torpedo-shaped fish grew to 6 feet long
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