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Reduce and Reuse STUFF

November 30, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Live Animals, Program, Sustainability

Our small actions can lead to big changes

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Truth or Legend?

April 24, 2019 Mackenzie Fitchett Botany, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Ornithology, Paleontology, Uncategorized

The myths behind the real Academy specimens

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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.

Get 🎟️ at the link in our bio! Skin: Living

Get 🎟️ at the link in our bio!
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity was created by the California Academy of Sciences and modified for travel and distributed by the Science Museum of Minnesota. The exhibit is generously supported by Susan and Nicholas Pritzker and Family.

🔊 Announcing Dinos After Dark Halloween edition

🔊 Announcing Dinos After Dark Halloween edition! 🌙🦖🎃⁠
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Join us on October 27 from 4 to 9 p.m. for a spine-tingling evening in the museum. Don your very favorite frighteningly fun getup and join us at 7 p.m. for a fabulous, all-ages-appropriate Dino Hall costume contest. Kids — and adults, too — can go trick-or-treating at stations throughout the museum. Pay-what-you-wish admission (suggested donation $10). ⁠
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Come one, come all and let’s make this Halloween an unforgettable night - tap the link in bio to get your tickets!

🎃 Join us for "Not-So-Spooky Night in the Museu

🎃 Join us for "Not-So-Spooky Night in the Museum" on October 21! Sleep next to dinosaurs, enjoy live animal shows, experiments, and a Halloween Dance-Off under our T.rex. Don't miss this spooktacular opportunity for family fun and adventure at the museum! Visit the link in bio to get your tickets now and let the Halloween festivities begin! 🕷️🌕

We are thrilled to announce that we have received

We are thrilled to announce that we have received funding from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (@PewCenterArts) in support of our upcoming exhibition, "The Botany of Nations: Re-collecting the Lewis and Clark Herbarium With Indigenous Perspectives." The project forefronts the voices of Native Nations traditional knowledge keepers who have inhabited and sustainably stewarded the lands that Lewis & Clark traversed and contributed richly to the scientific knowledge advanced by the expedition. Stay tuned!
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Visit the link in bio to learn more about the The Pew Center grants. ⁠
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Image: Camassia quamash (Camas Root) are native to present day Northwestern United States and Canada and blossom in the late spring and early fall. Credit: Thayne Tuason

The Academy's Patrick Center for Environmental Res

The Academy's Patrick Center for Environmental Research has teamed up with the partners of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative to dive deep into water quality research in the Delaware River Basin. 🌊💧⁠
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🎓 On our newest blog post, meet Kayla Aughenbaugh, a recent Drexel University graduate, and discover her fascinating biogeochemistry work at the Patrick Center. Visit the link in bio!

Did you know that the Academy’s Malacology Colle

Did you know that the Academy’s Malacology Collection is a priceless resource for the study of North American land and freshwater mollusks? It holds more relevant type (or species-defining) specimens than any other! ⁠
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A new book, Utah Mollusk Identification Guide by Eric J. Wagner features images of specimens in the Academy’s collection to illustrate 142 species. In most cases, these are sets of high-resolution color photos and tiled SEM images of often microscopic shells that were created by Drexel co-op students under the Academy's NSF-funded Type Imaging project. ⁠
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Learn more by tapping the link in bio. ⁠
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Image: Oreohelix peripherica weberiana, Pilsbry, 1939 from the west side of the Weber River, 4 miles west of Coalville, Utah. ANSP Malacology Collection.

🍂 Fall is just around the corner 🍂⁠ Whethe

🍂 Fall is just around the corner 🍂⁠
Whether you live in the city, suburbs or out in the woods, you can help local biodiversity flourish with a few of our simple autumn garden tips. Tap the link in bio to access our fall garden guide!

Looking for something to do with your family this

Looking for something to do with your family this weekend? We've got a great lineup of events and free admission for college students and grandparents!⁠
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Saturday 9/9 ⤵️⁠
CollegeFest - Free admission for college students all day! See @campusphilly for full details. ⁠
Science Story Time, 11 a.m.-Noon ⁠
Awesome Armor Reptile Encounter, 2:30-3 p.m.⁠
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Sunday 9/10 ⤵️⁠
CollegeFest - Free admission for college students all day!⁠
Grandparents Day - bring your favorite adult in for free (with purchase of a child ticket) ⁠
Science Story Time, 11 a.m.-Noon⁠
Art and Observation: Illuminating Birds Art Studio, 2-4 p.m.⁠
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Check out the link in bio for a full listing of all upcoming events.

We love to see what art our visitors have created

We love to see what art our visitors have created in our #AvianArtStudio in the Illuminating Birds exhibition! Have you stopped by yet? Tap the link in bio to find out what events are coming up! ⁠
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Image 1: @annas.birdtales⁠
Image 2: @ja.swens.art

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