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Birding in the Great Outdoors

May 16, 2022 Brigette Brown Birding, Featured, People, Photoblog, Program

Perspectives from Black Birder Anwar Abdul-Qawi, lead keeper at the Academy, on getting outdoors

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Meet Our New VP of Community Learning

April 12, 2022 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Education, Featured, Ornithology, People

He’s got big plans for women in science and Black birders

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Summer is fluttering right by! 🦋⁠ ⁠ p.s. di

Summer is fluttering right by! 🦋⁠
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p.s. did you know Bug Fest is right around the corner? August 27 and 28 will be a wild weekend celebrating a few of our favorite (invertebrate) things. Link in bio to learn more about Bug Fest. ⁠
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This plate is from “Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies” by William C. Hewitson (1862-1866), housed in the Academy Library and Archives.

Now Open! ⁠ ⁠ Watershed Moment is an exciting

Now Open! ⁠
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Watershed Moment is an exciting group of experiences that incorporate both art and science. Centered around the importance of watershed thinking in our lives, Watershed Moment is designed to inspire a greater connection with our local waterways and the vital need to protect them. It is comprised of four installations created by artists in response to watershed science and the physical realities of water as it moves across and through our urban landscape. Swipe through to see each of the installations. Link in bio to get more information! ⁠
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Image 1: Attunement, a sculpture on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway⁠
Image 2: How to Get to the River, a watershed art adventure walk⁠
Image 3: Inside the Watershed, a sound installation on Schuylkill River Trail⁠
Image 4: The River Feeds Back, a sound installation in the Academy’s Dietrich Gallery⁠
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Watershed Moment has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage @pewcenterarts⁠

We're about to make your #FossilFriday even better

We're about to make your #FossilFriday even better with an exciting announcement! ⬇️⁠
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In celebration of our Water Year, the Academy is open late on Fridays this summer and fall! From August 5 through October 28 every Friday 3-8 p.m. admission is just $10 and includes access to our special exhibits, The River Feeds Back (open now) and Ocean Bound (opening August 20). ⁠
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That means you can enjoy even more dinosaurs, dioramas and Watershed Moment experiences! ⁠
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📷️ by recent visitor @alamat.and.lucky - thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience! ⁠

Many studies have found that getting outside can i

Many studies have found that getting outside can improve our health and restore our feelings of connection to nature. These are some simple ways to easily and mindfully engage with the environment. Find more resources and ideas at ansp.org/smallactions
#nature #sparkchange #getoutside #enjoynature #mindfulness

We hope the summer weather is growing on you 🍄🍄🍄⁠
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This mushroom illustration is from amateur mycologist Charles Paul Barrington’s manuscript “Book of Mushrooms” housed in the Academy Library and Archives! ⁠

This young paleontologist in the making recently d

This young paleontologist in the making recently discovered that you can uncover fossils in our Big Dig exhibit in Dino Hall! 🦖⁠
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The Academy is open Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Did you know you can save $2 by reserving your tickets online? Link in bio to plan your visit! ⁠
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📷 @jeis_313 - thanks for visiting us!

Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species and c

Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species and cause serious damage to crops, vines, trees and other types of plants. Build traps (we recommend the circle trap method), smash adults and nymphs when you see them and scrape egg masses before they hatch!
We wanna know: where are you seeing lanternflies?
#invasivespecies #spottedlanternfly #lanternfly

🌆 Let's talk about heat inequity 🥵⁠ ⁠ Ac

🌆 Let's talk about heat inequity 🥵⁠
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Academy Conversation: Heat Inequity⁠
Tuesday, July 26, 7 p.m.⁠
Zoom; free registration required - see link in bio ⁠
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Why is extreme heat becoming more and more prevalent, and why do some communities suffer worse than others?⁠
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Exacerbated by climate change, extreme heat is becoming a reality for more and more communities each year. In the past few days alone, temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit have shut down transportation systems in Europe, closed schools and offices, fed massively destructive wildfires and caused a devastating loss of human life.⁠
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Here at home, in an average year, heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other type of extreme weather. In Philadelphia, a study by the Office of Sustainability showed that temperatures in some neighborhoods can be as much as 22 degrees higher than in others and that low-income residents and residents of color are more likely to live in these hotter neighborhoods.⁠
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Why is extreme heat becoming more and more prevalent, and why do some communities suffer worse than others? Why are people of color, low-income individuals and those living in certain neighborhoods most affected by dangerous heat waves? And how might the Academy’s upcoming efforts to map heat and air quality in Philadelphia make a difference?⁠
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Moderator:⁠
Roland Wall, Director, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University⁠
Panel:⁠
Richard Johnson, Interim Director, Community Science, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University⁠
@stevesosnanbc, NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist @nbcphiladelphia @Telemundo62⁠
Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus, Esq, Executive Director of The Environmental Collaboratory and Vice Provost, Drexel University @drexeluniv⁠

🆕 on the blog⁠ "This week, our city has joine

🆕 on the blog⁠
"This week, our city has joined much of the world in experiencing sustained high temperatures and most of us would assume that we are all suffering more-or-less equally. But while the average temperature of the city may be 90 degrees Fahrenheit, in some neighborhoods it will run considerably higher, and in some cases, a double-digit difference."⁠
Link in bio to read about climate change, rising temperatures and more in a new blog post written by Roland Wall, director of the Academy’s Patrick Center for Environmental Research

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