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We're kicking off Bug Fest with an Academy Nightca

We're kicking off Bug Fest with an Academy Nightcap! 🕷️Spiders that use silk bondage. Copulation that lasts for days. We're talking all things bug sex - and we promise you you'll never look at a bug the same way again. ⁠
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Academy Nightcap: Bugs in Bondage⁠
Thursday, August 5, 8:30 p.m., Zoom ⁠
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Link in bio to register. ⁠
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What do you call fossils that just sit there? ⁠

What do you call fossils that just sit there? ⁠
Lazy bones! 🦴🦴⁠
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You can visit our special exhibit Permian Monsters this weekend to see fossils and life-size replicas of ancient creatures that roamed the earth before dinosaurs even existed. Link in bio to get your tickets! ⁠
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📷 by recent visitor @chrisvito_

This week's #FishOfTheWeek is the largest Pacific

This week's #FishOfTheWeek is the largest Pacific salmon species, the Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Like other salmon species, the Chinook Salmon hatches in freshwater then migrate to the ocean but return to freshwater to spawn. Conservation efforts have been complicated by this life cycle due to the construction of dams in many river systems. Dams have a severe impact on Chinook habitat as they prevent nutrient exchange between freshwater and marine ecosystems and prevent Chinook’s migration from one to the other. The Chinook Salmon is listed as endangered in the Columbia River tributaries and California. ⁠
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📷: Lauren Tuffy

It's #MolluskMonday, but what do these pieces of w

It's #MolluskMonday, but what do these pieces of wood have to do with mollusks? The lowermost piece has been drilled by termites, which tend to follow the grain of the wood and eat the soft part, but the others were home to clams called Shipworms that eat the entire thing and are thus hugely destructive to wooden structures such as piers and ships’ hulls.

Bug Fest is almost here! 🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🦟🦗🕷🦂
We're celebrating both virtually AND in-person at the museum this year. Swipe through to see this year's line up!

Link in bio to get all the details for this year's festival and to get tickets.

Our #FishOfTheWeek is the altum angelfish (Pteroph

Our #FishOfTheWeek is the altum angelfish (Pterophyllum altum), the largest species of freshwater angelfishes. It's long, vertically stretched fins distinguish this beautiful species. The altum angelfish can be found naturally in the Colombian Orinoco and Essequibo river basins. These unique rivers give the Altum Angelfish year-round warm temperatures, clear water with a great deal of dissolved oxygen. Their unique color pattern and body shape are designed to blend into their habitats' thick vegetation. This protection allows them to hide from predators and hunt for smaller fish species and small invertebrate species.⁠
📷: Lauren Tuffy

It's #MolluskMonday again. Here is starfish from

It's #MolluskMonday again. Here is starfish from Taiwan with a problem. At the spots indicated by the arrows, male-female pairs of parasitic snails (Eulimidae) have burrowed into its skin and are living off its body fluids. There is not much the starfish can do.

For the very first time, we’re inviting you to g

For the very first time, we’re inviting you to grab a stiff drink and join members of our Learning and Engagement team for a virtual live happy hour featuring stories of education gone awry. From provocative puppeteers to vomiting vultures, get a glimpse into the fun and follies of science interpretation that rarely make it past the office walls⁠
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A Shaker of Science: Secret Stories of Science Education⁠
Thursday, July 22, 5:30–6:30 p.m. ⁠
Link to register in bio!

Who's hungry? ⁠ ⁠ July 17, July 24 and August

Who's hungry? ⁠
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July 17, July 24 and August 7, local chefs will be serving up delicious and sustainable lunches.⁠
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The Academy is partnering with @tryHungry, a national platform for top local checks and food delivery services. Hungry is committed to environmental sustainability and uses materials that are either fully compostable or recyclable.⁠
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They're also committed to the fight against hunger, and for every two meals purchased at the Academy, they'll donate one meal through food bank partnerships.

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