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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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How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

March 21, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Herpetology, Live Animals, Ornithology, People, Program

Academy Town Square April 11, presented in conversation with WHYY

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Plant to Self: Adapt or Die

March 7, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Evolution, Featured

Plants evolve away from obsolete defenses in some situations.

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Algae Hold Key to Nutrient Pollution

January 17, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Environmental Science, Featured

Microscopic algae hold key to N.J.’s nutrient pollution now and in the past.

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Door 19: New Evening Soirée

January 3, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Live Animals, Malacology, Ornithology, Paleontology, Program

Quirky science, libations, off-beat tours kicks off Feb. 8.

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Barnegat Salt Marshes Treat Water

December 20, 2017 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Environmental Science, Featured, People

Studies show Barnegat Bay salt marshes provide millions of dollars of water treatment for free – for now.

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