Malacology Collection Supports Scientific Discoveries in Unexpected Places

Malacology Collection Supports Scientific Discoveries in Unexpected Places

September 8, 2023 Academy Editor Malacology

A new book will be a major mollusk resource for biologists and conservationists studying the 45th state

Through the Sands of Time: Giant Clams as Paleoclimate Timekeepers

July 27, 2023 Academy Editor Malacology, People

Measuring stable isotopes in giant clam fossils can be one of the most accurate proxies for reconstructing past ocean conditions and in turn, reveal the changes caused by anthropogenic climate change

One Tiny Mollusk, One Big Discovery

June 27, 2023 Academy Editor Biodiversity, Malacology, People

Tobias Tagliaferro, a recent Drexel co-op in the Academy’s Malacology Department, discusses a very small bivalve, freshly discovered and scientifically named, that has a monumental impact

Clean-Up on Aisle One

August 9, 2022 Carolyn Belardo Environmental Science, Featured, Malacology

Surprising discovery from mussel surveys in Delaware River Basin

blue deep sea creature floating in dark water

Changing Water, Changing Climate

July 19, 2022 Academy Editor Evolution, Exhibit, Malacology, Sustainability

With greater knowledge of the ocean’s abyss, we can better understand the scope of human influence.

Helping a Still Life Come Alive

April 22, 2022 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Featured, Malacology

For Earth Day, Academy experts illuminate famous PMA painting

Join the Philadelphia City Nature Challenge

April 22, 2022 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Malacology, Ornithology, Program

From April 29 to May 2 participate in friendly global competition

A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

October 20, 2021 Carolyn Belardo Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Ichthyology, Library, Malacology, Membership, Paleontology, People, Program, Sustainability, WINS

The first 10 years of the historic affiliation between Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences spawned new programs, partnerships and monumental growth.