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DEEP DIVE for the Delaware

October 21, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Interactive, Program

New media project to engage using science+arts

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Navigating the Drexel Co-Op Experience Remotely

September 21, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Environmental Science, Featured, People, Program

How a global disruption impacted my experience at the Academy

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Opens

August 26, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Live Animals, Malacology, Ornithology, Photoblog

Breathtaking animal diversity, behavior opens Sept. 5

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Musings on Survival

August 10, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Herpetology, Live Animals

What makes a species fit to survive?

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Scenes from the Reopening

July 24, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Exhibit, Featured, Membership, Paleontology, People

The museum opens to the general public July 31

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My Not-So-Typical Job

July 20, 2020 maryalicehartsock Education, Featured, People

Answers from the institutions’ first-ever Chief Learning and Engagement Officer

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Science and Literacy for Success

June 15, 2020 maryalicehartsock Education, Featured

Academy team early-childhood education

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Flirtatious Feathers

June 3, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Ornithology, Photoblog

An Academy exhibit from Google Arts and Culture

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Get Outside Without Leaving Home

May 29, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Herpetology, Live Animals, Ornithology, Photoblog, Sustainability

6 Tips to enjoy nature

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I Am the Walrus

May 26, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Paleontology

Fossilized jaw packs evidence of changing climate

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Hey, it's Monday and you know what that means! #Mo Hey, it's Monday and you know what that means! #MolluskMonday! Two Green Turban shells (Turbo marmoratus) flank a resolutely shut Waterpot Oyster (Spondylus varians). Voids between its shell layers (here broken open) trap water, which can be heard sloshing around if a freshly-collected shell is shaken.
Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know you can watch RE Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know you can watch REAL dinosaur fossils being prepped by our friends @bbpaleo? Visit the fossil prep lab located in Dinosaur Hall this weekend! ⁠
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📷: @bbpaleo
Spring break calls for a trip to Dinosaur Hall! W Spring break calls for a trip to Dinosaur Hall!  We are open Wednesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.⁠
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Link in bio to plan your visit! ⁠
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Photo by recent visitor @jordandace who said "today was dino-mite 🦖"⁠
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Whoooooo's there? 🦉⁠ Are there wild animals l Whoooooo's there? 🦉⁠
Are there wild animals living just a few steps from your own home? Right in our backyards, nearby parks and even on city sidewalks, animals are everywhere. Enjoy an exclusive meet-and-greet with live animal ambassadors from the Academy during our upcoming Junior Scientist Virtual Workshop for kids ages 8–11! ⁠
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Saturday, April 10⁠
Morning Session: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.⁠
Afternoon Session: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Link in bio to register! ⁠
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel Universi The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, in partnership with @PennEnvironment , is proud to present the world premiere of A River Reborn (2021). Too often we are inundated with lessons on how humanity has failed the environment. But there are success stories out there, and this film showcases one of them. A River Reborn demonstrates the opportunities that can arise as we work to reverse past failures of stewardship — a lesson to recall while we, as a global society, fight to mitigate the effects and acceleration of climate change.⁠
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Following a live virtual viewing of the film (approx. 30 minutes), there will be a live discussion featuring the film’s director/producer and environmental experts.⁠
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Thursday, April 8, 2021⁠
7:00 PM-8:15 PM⁠
Link in bio to register.
It's #MolluskMonday and we are giving you another It's #MolluskMonday and we are giving you another glimpse into the behind-the-scenes Malacology Collection. At the back is a Black-lip Pearl Oyster (Pinctada) and in the middle are two Thorny Oysters (Spondylus). A jar of squids at right is flanked by another containing a Giant Isopod (Bathynomus), a distant relative of the Pill Bug that happily lives in the deep ocean and not your back yard. The white tube is the exhumed burrow of the clam Kuphus polythalamia, a relatively small example of a shell that can be five feet long.
The Academy has long been a home for women scienti The Academy has long been a home for women scientists to learn, research, collaborate and build their careers. With March being designated Women’s History Month, we thought it a good time to get to know a few of the people who are continuing that legacy. Visit the link in bio to meet three incredible Academy Scientists!
Itching to travel to another country for spring br Itching to travel to another country for spring break but you're stuck in Philly? Take a trip through African and Asian Hall to be transported around the world. ⁠
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🕰️ EXTENDED SPRING BREAK HOURS 🕰️⁠
The Academy will be open two additional days per week for Spring Break! Join us Wednesday through Sunday, March 31 through April 4 and April 7 through April 11, to see Dinosaur Hall, the dioramas and our special exhibit, Permian Monsters. We are open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; and Sundays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Each day begins with a members-only hour from 9–10 a.m.⁠
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Link in bio to plan your visit and reserve timed tickets. ⁠
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📸 by recent visitor @dobonimariana, thanks for stopping by!
For this #MolluskMonday we present a King Helmet ( For this #MolluskMonday we present a King Helmet (Cassis cornuta) cut open to reveal its internal structures. This shell has been heavily perforated by sponges that drill into it and leach out calcium to use in their own bodies. The sponges can severely damage and weaken the shell’s outer layer, but do not penetrate the harder inner layer.
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