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Hemingway and the Academy
Read about Ernest Hemingway’s connections to the Academy.
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Dreadnoughtus
This new dinosaur is the most complete one ever found.
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Mortal Remains
This exhibit raises awareness about species extinction.
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Bug Picassos
See video of our bug artists at work.
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Pinned!
Insects are as interesting to this artist as to entomologists.
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Outside In Makeover
Check out the newly refurbished children’s nature center, Outside In.
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Zoot: A Day in the Life
Zoot, our blue and gold macaw, lives behind the scenes in the Academy’s Live Animal Center.
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Specimens From a Famous Expedition
Take a one-of-a-kind look at a specimen from our Botany Collection.
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Passenger Pigeons
Can you imagine what a flock of more than a billion birds looks like?
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