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4th Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival

August 24, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Ornithology, Paleontology, Program, Sustainability

Bringing wonders of the planet to your home virtually for first time

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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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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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Fast Facts, Slow Animals

February 13, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Education, Entomology, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Herpetology, Interactive, Live Animals, Photoblog

See Lulu the sloth chow down on her favorite food

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Year of Unearthing New Species

January 15, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Paleontology, People

Academy scientists helped enter dozens of new species into the record in 2019

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Dinosaurs and Climate Change

October 9, 2019 Carolyn Belardo Education, Environmental Science, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Q&A with paleontologist Ted Daeschler

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eel mouth

A Real Shocking Discovery

September 12, 2019 Carolyn Belardo Environmental Science, Evolution

Academy scientist involved in new electric eel species

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A Fish by Another Name

August 7, 2019 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Paleontology

New discoveries lead to new name

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Brown/black bird with white stripe across eye

The Great Unveiling

July 15, 2019 maryalicehartsock Evolution, Featured, Ornithology, People, Uncategorized

Amazonian Birds Added to Academy Collection

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Make Way: Moving Dinosaurs

June 24, 2019 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Interactive, Paleontology

Dinosaurs Around the World opens June 30.

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Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for t Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for today, but you can come hang out under these blue skies with our Bison on Sunday. You save $2 when you reserve your timed tickets online! Plan your visit today via link in bio. 

Photo by recent visitor @cgladston3
Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of moving prehistoric creatures from the comfort of your couch? You can - tonight! ⁠
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Link in bio to register for our Flashlight Tour at 7 p.m.
Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging for dinosaur bones! 🦖⛏️🙋🏽 ⁠
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For Ruby Le, a high school student in our Women In Natural Sciences program, this dream became a reality in the summer of 2019 during a weeklong fossil dig in Montana. Ruby got to jacket fossils, stargaze, hike and learn about geography! ⁠
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Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) is a free afterschool and summer science enrichment program offered to female public school students. Since its founding in 1982, WINS has been providing participants with hands-on science classes, skill-building activities and opportunities for personal growth in a uniquely nurturing setting. To date, more than 820 young women have completed the WINS program. The program’s mentoring and support have resulted in 100 percent of students graduating high school and more than 96 percent attending college.⁠
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Join us virtually on March 11 to celebrate the meaningful experiences of WINS alumnae at Life After WINS. Link in bio to register.
The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our community to nature! Gecky the leopard gecko has become a favorite of local students during virtual lessons about animal habitats. Leopard geckos are native to dry desert areas in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and northwest India. Leopard geckos are well equipped to survive in this extreme habitat with features like camouflage, a tail that stores fat for nutrition and shedding edible skin that provides extra minerals and moisture.⁠
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To book a virtual lesson for your class visit the link in profile!
Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair o Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair of cultured “Mabe” pearls still in their parent oyster. These are made by sliding a hemispherical blank between the living animal and its shell. The oyster deals with the irritation of the rough blank by coating it with mother-of-pearl to make it smooth. The resulting half-round pearls are bigger than any possible spherical pearl, and are used for earrings and brooches.
We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects scattered across sandy beaches at the sea’s edge. But each of those shells were living animals, or mollusks. Their life stories can be unexpected, telling and surprisingly varied. Join Collection Manager Paul Callomon live from the Malacology Collection as he brings shells back to life.⁠
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A Shaker of Science: Shell Tales⁠
Thursday, February 25⁠
5:30 PM-6:30 PM⁠
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Link in bio to register!
Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the week Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the weekend. We're looking forward to it – Happy Friday! ⁠
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There is limited time left to visit the incredible Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Academy. See 100 award winning nature photographs from all around the world!⁠
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The Academy is open to the general public Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. –5 p.m. Timed tickets are available to reserve online. ⁠
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Link in bio for more info.
❄️ Does this snowy weather have you feeling co ❄️ Does this snowy weather have you feeling cold? 🥶⁠
Take a tip from our red-eared slider and cuddle with someone! ⁠
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The Academy's red-eared slider is staying warm by perching on top of her tank-mate, a female African mud turtle. Like all reptiles, these turtles are ectothermic — they absorb heat from their environment. Academy animal keepers provide our reptiles with special heat lamps to give them cozy basking spots. The red-eared slider got creative to find a way to absorb maximum heat, with a little help from her friend!
Another #MolluskMonday for you! An array of specim Another #MolluskMonday for you! An array of specimens in the behind-the-scenes Malacology department includes a fully preserved Angel Wing (Cyrtopleura), a burrowing bivalve that actually has three shells rather than the usual two. The third shell bridges the main pair and helps with burrowing. The long extension of the body contains the siphons, the two pipes through which the burrowed mollusk inhales and exhales water.
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