insects – The Academy of Natural Sciences

Bugs of Bug Fest

August 6, 2019 MikeServedio Entomology, Photoblog

Just who will you meet at Bug Fest?

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Using Insects to Track Climate

August 2, 2017 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Live Animals, People

Setting: Iconic Philly fountain

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Backyard Adventures Opens June 9

May 31, 2017 Christine Sellers Education, Exhibit, Featured, Interactive, Photoblog

Discover the hidden world of science.

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Culinary Insect Delights

July 22, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Education, Entomology, Featured

Try this at home.

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cicada specimen resting on hand

Dog Day Cicadas

July 20, 2015 Gelsey Torres Education, Entomology, Featured, Interactive

The sound of late summer.

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From the Collection

July 15, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured

A bug’s afterlife.

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Ew Gross!

May 13, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Exhibit, Featured, Interactive, Live Animals

Take a whiff of the Animal Grossology exhibit.

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Blue and Black and Weevil

February 27, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Featured, Uncategorized

Why is this weevil #BlueandBlack; how do we know?

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New Life

December 31, 2014 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Ichthyology, Uncategorized

Academy scientists continue to discover new species. Here’s a look at the 2014 additions to the catalog of life.

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Bug Picassos

August 7, 2014 MikeServedio Entomology, Program

See video of our bug artists at work.

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