Evolution – The Academy of Natural Sciences

Indulge Your Hair Obsession

November 7, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Library, People, Program

Presidential, celebrity and sheep hair, the subject of new exhibit, free talk.

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Door 19: Skeletons in our Closet

Door 19: What You Missed

November 5, 2018 maryalicehartsock Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology, Photoblog

Evening event featured bones, weird beasts and open bar

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Undersea Treasures Wash Up at the 35th Annual Philadelphia Shell Show

October 10, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, Program

Thousands of beautiful and unusual shells from around the world will be on display and for sale when the 35th[…]

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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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Women Making Science History

September 13, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, People

Meet some of the Academy’s best

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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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Scientists Discover New Aquatic Predator

August 15, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Paleontology

Fanged, torpedo-shaped fish grew to 6 feet long

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Illustrating a Devonian Predator: Part 2

July 16, 2018 maryalicehartsock Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Comparing artwork from 2009 and 2018 reveals leaps in scientific discovery

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Progress sketches of Hyneria lindae by Jason Poole

Illustrating a Devonian Predator

July 9, 2018 maryalicehartsock Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

How do you paint a fish that nobody has seen in the flesh?

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Clearest Picture Yet of Extinct Predator

May 8, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Paleontology

12-foot predator was a monster to other animals

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