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Takin Diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Making the Dioramas

April 2, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured

Real or not? Find out.

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Takin diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Why Build Dioramas?

March 19, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured

Bringing remote parts of the world to museums

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Diorama glass removal at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Dioramas Q&A, Part 2

February 19, 2018 maryalicehartsock Exhibit, Featured

What’s wrong with our dioramas?

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Takin diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Dioramas Q&A, Part 1

February 7, 2018 maryalicehartsock Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, Uncategorized

Why should you care about dioramas?

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Gorilla diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Dioramas Get Face-Lift

February 5, 2018 Carolyn Belardo Exhibit, Featured

Public can watch as renovations take place.

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Dolan Fund for Innovative Water Research

December 7, 2017 Carolyn Belardo Environmental Science, Exhibit, Featured, People

Generous donation launches private funding drive.

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Review: Night in the Museum

February 22, 2017 Christine Sellers Featured, Interactive, Live Animals, People, Program

Next overnight is April 1.

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Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw dinosaur Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw dinosaurs? šŸ¦• šŸ¦– Here’s your chance! Details below and link in bio to register! 

Studio Drafts: Drawing Dinos
Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 16 and 23
8–9 p.m., Zoom

Whether you are a beginning artist, experienced sketcher or just a lover of suds and ā€˜saurs, you are invited to join us for a series of four dino drawing opportunities led by renowned local paleo-artist Jason C. Poole. All you need is a piece of paper, pencil and a beer (paper and pencil optional). Jason will take you through the basics of fleshing out the world’s most iconic dinosaurs while sharing real facts behind their discovery and eventual return through a dinosaur uprising. (Our lawyers say we cannot officially confirm or deny that a dinosaur uprising may or may not, but definitely will, be happening soon).

Grab your favorite drink, sharpen your pencil and join us for one or all four February sessions! Here’s what we’re sketching:

Session 1 (2/2/21) – Tyrannosaurus Rex
Session 2 (2/9/21) – Stegosaurus
Session 3 (2/16/21) – Triceratops
Session 4 (2/23/21) – Artists’ Choice!

Art by Jason C. Poole
Brrrrrrrr-nie Sanders and his mittens are welcome Brrrrrrrr-nie Sanders and his mittens are welcome to visit our dioramas anytime.
Guess what? It's time for our first #MolluskMonday Guess what? It's time for our first #MolluskMonday for 2021! Yes, we know we're behind, but sometimes things just happen at a snail's pace 🐌⁠
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Pictured is Graciliscala ishimotoi. This long-dead marine snail shell is home to a hermit crab. Its outer surface is covered with hydroids, and this tiny but very elegant Wentletrap snail – the white dot above the crab - is parasitic on them. ⁠
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šŸ“·: Paul Callomon/ANS
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a visionar The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a visionary leader, passionate activist and champion of the civil rights movement. Committed to civil liberty and social equity, his ideas were foundational to the environmental justice movement — a movement that has surged forward in the last two decades. The Black Lives Matter movement and nationally publicized environmental disasters that disproportionately impact Black communities are galvanizing neighborhoods, cities and states, as well as business and political leaders. ⁠
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As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18, we are reminded of Dr. King’s 1966 protest against poor housing conditions in Chicago and his 1968 strike against unfavorable sanitation worker conditions in Memphis. Today the fight for environmental justice continues in our own city as we look to the Southwest Philadelphia neighbors impacted by the 2019 explosion of the polluting Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery and the Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond neighborhoods dealing with toxic lead in the soil.⁠
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At the Academy, we believe scientific research and education, conversations and actions around environmental justice are essential. On Tuesday, we conclude Environmental Justice Week, a free virtual festival celebrating the environmental justice legacy of Dr. King, with a free lecture on connecting underrepresented communities with wildlife sciences. We hope you will join us for this event, which features biologist Corina Newsome, and we encourage you to check out environmental justice resources via the link in our bio. We aim to inspire our community to take actions that address these issues and help protect the environment for everyone.⁠
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By protecting our environment, we can all take steps to support access to safe, healthy places to live and work for everyone.
Cheers šŸø! ⁠ We'd love for you to join us for Cheers šŸø! ⁠
We'd love for you to join us for our virtual live happy hour, A Shaker of Science on Friday, January 22. Take a cruise (metaphorically – please don’t go on an actual cruise right now!) through the Sea of Cortez in the wake of John Steinbeck and some astounding seaweed collections. Reach back 10,000 years in time through the Pine Barrens to discover beautiful algal spores that paint a picture of a long past environment. Then dive down to tropical coral reefs where giant clams team up with microscopic plants to survive.⁠
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Pour a drink, sit back and find out there is a whole lot more to plants than the trees and shrubs outside your door as we toast to the oft forgotten world of seaweed and algae! Link in bio to register.
šŸ•·ļøPeeping out from our burrow to tell you our šŸ•·ļøPeeping out from our burrow to tell you our special exhibit, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been extended to March 14! šŸ•·ļø We are regularly open Fri-Sun and will be open Monday, January 18. Visit the link in profile to plan your visit. ⁠
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More about this photo: Portrait of the Spanish Tarantula⁠
by Javier Aznar González de Rueda, Spain. ⁠
Javier crouched down and the gleaming black eyes of a Spanish tarantula peeped out from the entrance to her lair. Her appearance was fleeting, but just long enough for Javier to capture this handsome portrait, which he hopes will ā€˜change some people’s minds about these spiders’. ⁠
Not a true tarantula, this spider is actually a type of wolf spider. Her leafy burrow is knotted together with silk. Vibrations at the burrow entrance are transmitted to her along these strands so she can dart out and capture passing insects. With a mottled color she blends in beautifully, well camouflaged against the leaf litter.
Hey Educators! šŸ¤— ⁠ Stay safe while learning a Hey Educators! šŸ¤— ⁠
Stay safe while learning and exploring the Academy with your class! We are excited to offer new virtual classroom lessons for school students K-12. Each class is approximately 45 minutes and features live interactions with Academy educators that meet PA Academic Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Each topic has its own teacher’s guide full of supportive curriculum and activities relative to the lesson. Link in bio to explore all the topics and to register for a virtual lesson! ⁠
Ever wondered what the world looked like 290 MILLI Ever wondered what the world looked like 290 MILLION years ago? Before dinosaurs even existed? 🤨⁠
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You can find out at our new exhibit Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs. See moving replicas of the bizarre-looking beasts that inhabited the earth and more. Link in bio to plan your visit this weekend! We're open Friday–Sunday. ⁠
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We’re kicking off Environmental Justice week on We’re kicking off Environmental Justice week on Monday, January 11. At the Academy, we believe that conversations around environmental justice are pivotal to our impact and relevance. We hope this week of programs will highlight the importance of environmental justice as it relates to the work we do every day through our research and education programs. By protecting our environment, we can all take steps to support access to safe, healthy places to live and work for everyone. We hope you can join us and our great partners in important discussions that impact our communities. Swipe through to see all the programs and visit the link in bio to register.
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