In the coming years, Philadelphia gardeners may try out some new plants and retire old favorites after an updated government map was released this fall.
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Create Your Own Pressed Botanical Specimen
An easy step-by-step guide on pressing and preserving your plants and flowers
Read moreSummer 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 summer garden tips.
Read moreMary Gibson Henry’s Extraordinary Botanical Collection Digitized
A volunteer BEES alum sheds some light on an innovative botanist and the importance of making her work available to everyone digitally.
Read moreHighlighting Biodiversity: Familiar Flora in Newfoundland and Labrador
As the Academy celebrates biodiversity — the remarkable, beautiful tapestry of life on Earth — this year, we are delving into some of the fascinating locations our scientists have visited in the region and across the globe to study and help protect our planet’s phenomenally diverse and incredible species.
Read moreThere Is a Fungus Among Us! Killer Fungi in the Flesh at the Academy
Specimens of a certain parasitic fungi found in our collections with those otherworldly growth traits that have long been the inspiration for science fiction
Read moreGet Outdoors with Philly’s Nature!
Salamanders, lichens, raccoons, birds — autumn is the perfect time to join many of our non-human neighbors in enjoying the outdoors.
Read moreWinterizing the Garden
As autumn arrives, preparing your garden for cold weather is easy, helping support your wallet and native wildlife.
Read moreThe Future Ghost Forests of New Jersey
Careful research of loblolly pines can help prevent tree death in NJ marshes
Read moreHelping a Still Life Come Alive
For Earth Day, Academy experts illuminate famous PMA painting
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