Botany – The Academy of Natural Sciences

Black walnut leaves against sky

Finding the Black Walnut

October 1, 2018 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Featured, Interactive

Search for a native hardwood that is known for useful autumn fruits.

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Dioramas Revealed, Part 2

September 20, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Photoblog

Diorama makeover, takins before and after

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Dioramas Revealed, Part 1

September 19, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Malacology, Ornithology, Paleontology, Photoblog

Gorillas makeover, before and after.

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Irreplaceable Loss to Science

September 17, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Mineralogy, Ornithology, Paleontology

Statement from President Scott Cooper.

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Close up of Red Autumn leaves against blue gray sky

Chromatography Experiment

September 11, 2018 maryalicehartsock Botany, Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Membership

Predict what color a tree’s leaves will turn in the fall!

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edges of yellow and orange autumn leaves

Start a Nature Journal

September 10, 2018 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Interactive

Fall is a great time to record your observations in a nature journal.

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Last Man Who Knew Everything

August 27, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, Paleontology, People

Looking back to Joseph Leidy

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Surprising Discovery of Civil War Plant

August 20, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Featured, People

Preserved at the Academy, it was plucked from the Gettysburg battlefield.

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Spotting the Spotted Lanternfly

July 30, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured

Pretty but wreaking havoc on plants

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Boozy Botanicals for Next Door 19

May 30, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Live Animals, Program

Live jazz, Roaring ’20s, adults only, June 14. What’s not to like?

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