The Academy of Natural Sciences – Page 2

Commentary on UN Climate Report

October 17, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Environmental Science, Featured, Program
Chrysalises Emerge

October 15, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured, Live Animals
Halloween Month at the Academy

October 11, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Program, Uncategorized
Undersea Treasures Wash Up at the 35th Annual Philadelphia Shell Show

October 10, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Malacology, Program
Voting for the Environment

October 3, 2018 Mackenzie Fitchett Education, Environmental Science, Featured, People, Program
Finding the Black Walnut

October 1, 2018 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Featured, Interactive
The Best Night of the Year

September 27, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Membership, Program
Inside the Dioramas

September 24, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured, People

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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Close up of Red Autumn leaves against blue gray sky

Chromatography Experiment

September 11, 2018 maryalicehartsock Botany, Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Membership

Predict what color a tree’s leaves will turn in the fall!

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edges of yellow and orange autumn leaves

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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Hawk Watch in Cape May

September 3, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Live Animals, Ornithology

Make plans for fall bird-watching

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Female scientists stand knee deep in water in a stream by a bridge

Stefanie Kroll: Tales of a Watershed Scientist

August 29, 2018 maryalicehartsock Environmental Science, Featured, People

Stefanie Kroll calls fieldwork her “Cinderella Clause.”

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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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Field trips to the Academy of Natural Sciences may involve seeing a tortoise up close, like these two elementary school children.

For Teachers: Field Trip FAQ

August 22, 2018 maryalicehartsock Education, Featured, Program

Tips on affording a field trip, special experiences and more

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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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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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