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A force for nature since 1812. Home to over 19 million scientific specimens, cutting-edge research & exhibits that inspire care for our natural world.

Join us on Saturday, October 12 for the 4th Annual

Join us on Saturday, October 12 for the 4th Annual @wins_ans Poster Presentations and Panel Discussion! Come meet our phenomenal youth and learn about their real-world experiences working with scientists, whether behind the scenes in our renowned specimen collections, within our world-class biomedical and environmental engineering labs, or out in the field. Connect with students from other STEM programs in the city and learn about how you can get involved! Tap the link in our bio to see the full event schedule and register. ⁠

To celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth Academy scient

To celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth Academy scientists Mariangeles Arce H., Kamila Kuabara and Alejandra Martinez-Melo, all of Latin and Hispanic heritage, share insights on the Academy blog about their fascinating scientific careers, their deep cultural roots and the importance of creating diverse opportunities as the foundation for excellence in research. Tap the link in our bio to read the full post!

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Get ready for Dinos After Dark at the Academy this

Get ready for Dinos After Dark at the Academy this Friday! 🦖🎉 Enjoy pay-what-you-wish admission, a family-friendly vibe and drinks at the Dino Drafts Beer Garden 🍻 in Dinosaur Hall. Don’t miss the fun on September 27 with a special Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring tasty bites from @burritofelizphilly and @lulasempanadas 🌮, interactions with real scientists and awesome short films with our friends @phlatinfilmfest!🎬⁠
Tap the link in our bio to learn more and reserve your spot online!

Happy #FossilFriday! We're here with a reminder th

Happy #FossilFriday! We're here with a reminder that there are only two weekends left to see THE holotype specimen of Tiktaalik currently on display in our Life Onto Land: The Devonian exhibition, before it returns to Canada. ⁠
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Tiktaalik roseae is a 375-million-year-old species discovered in the Nunavut Territory of the Canadian Arctic by a team co-led by Ted Daeschler, PhD, now retired curator for vertebrate paleontology at the Academy and previous Drexel University BEES professor. Along with co-discoverer and co-researcher Neil Shubin, PhD, of the University of Chicago, their work in scientifically discovering and publishing about this type-species fossil shed light on a pivotal point in the history of Earth: when life ventured onto land. Tap the link in bio to learn more about this exhibit and get your tickets before it's gone!

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, meet so

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, meet some of our current Latin and Hispanic @drexeluniv co-ops who are helping enrich representation in the sciences! In our newest blog post hear from Hannah Dominguez, Nathan Nazario and Victoria Rodríguez Villarreal, who are all deeply involved in the Academy, about the importance of their cultural identities and the role it plays in helping to shape and support their scientific aspirations. We'll be highlighting their research contributions during our next Dinos After Dark on September 27!⁠
Tap in the link in our bio to read the full interview.

🌱 Academy Town Square: Planting for the Future

🌱 Academy Town Square: Planting for the Future 🌿

Discover how local farmers, seedkeepers, and scientists are preserving ancestral plants and advancing our understanding of culture, science and the natural world. Join Maiken Scott, host of @whyythepulse, for an insightful conversation featuring:

• Chris Bolden Newsome, @sankofacommunityfarm
• Iris Brown, Villa Africana Colobó, @myneighborhoodproject
• Owen Taylor, @seedkeeping
• Chelsea Smith, Academy of Natural Sciences

🗓️ Don’t miss it! Tap the link in our bio to join us for this program at the Academy of Natural Sciences on October 3.

Name a more iconic duo! Ice Dinoaurs are coming to

Name a more iconic duo! Ice Dinoaurs are coming to Philly at the Academy of Natural Sciences on September 28th and who better to show them around than @ritasice Ice Guy? 🦖 🧊
Stop by your local Rita’s location and get a coupon for 15% off Ice Dinosaurs tickets! Ice Dinosaurs explores the Late Cretaceous period with immersive experiences and animatronic dinosaurs - find out more via the link in our bio.

Born on this day in 1823 Joseph Leidy, a Philadelp

Born on this day in 1823 Joseph Leidy, a Philadelphian, was the first great paleontologist in the United States. He made groundbreaking discoveries while a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, including naming and describing Hadrosaurus foulkii, the most complete known dinosaur skeleton of the mid-19th Century. Learn more about Leidy's varied and fascinating scientific career in a blog post by our friends @linda.hall.library - tap the link in our bio!

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