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New Shipworm Eats Stone

June 20, 2019 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Malacology

Academy scientist among discoverers of the species.

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The oldest natural history museum in North America. Open Fri-Su. 🎟 Timed tickets available at ansp.org

Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging

Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging for dinosaur bones! 🦖⛏️🙋🏽 ⁠
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For Ruby Le, a high school student in our Women In Natural Sciences program, this dream became a reality in the summer of 2019 during a weeklong fossil dig in Montana. Ruby got to jacket fossils, stargaze, hike and learn about geography! ⁠
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Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) is a free afterschool and summer science enrichment program offered to female public school students. Since its founding in 1982, WINS has been providing participants with hands-on science classes, skill-building activities and opportunities for personal growth in a uniquely nurturing setting. To date, more than 820 young women have completed the WINS program. The program’s mentoring and support have resulted in 100 percent of students graduating high school and more than 96 percent attending college.⁠
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Join us virtually on March 11 to celebrate the meaningful experiences of WINS alumnae at Life After WINS. Link in bio to register.

The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our

Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair o

Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair of cultured “Mabe” pearls still in their parent oyster. These are made by sliding a hemispherical blank between the living animal and its shell. The oyster deals with the irritation of the rough blank by coating it with mother-of-pearl to make it smooth. The resulting half-round pearls are bigger than any possible spherical pearl, and are used for earrings and brooches.

We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects

We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects scattered across sandy beaches at the sea’s edge. But each of those shells were living animals, or mollusks. Their life stories can be unexpected, telling and surprisingly varied. Join Collection Manager Paul Callomon live from the Malacology Collection as he brings shells back to life.⁠
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A Shaker of Science: Shell Tales⁠
Thursday, February 25⁠
5:30 PM-6:30 PM⁠
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Link in bio to register!

Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the week

Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the weekend. We're looking forward to it – Happy Friday! ⁠
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There is limited time left to visit the incredible Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Academy. See 100 award winning nature photographs from all around the world!⁠
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The Academy is open to the general public Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. –5 p.m. Timed tickets are available to reserve online. ⁠
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Link in bio for more info.

❄️ Does this snowy weather have you feeling co

❄️ Does this snowy weather have you feeling cold? 🥶⁠
Take a tip from our red-eared slider and cuddle with someone! ⁠
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The Academy's red-eared slider is staying warm by perching on top of her tank-mate, a female African mud turtle. Like all reptiles, these turtles are ectothermic — they absorb heat from their environment. Academy animal keepers provide our reptiles with special heat lamps to give them cozy basking spots. The red-eared slider got creative to find a way to absorb maximum heat, with a little help from her friend!

Another #MolluskMonday for you! An array of specim

Another #MolluskMonday for you! An array of specimens in the behind-the-scenes Malacology department includes a fully preserved Angel Wing (Cyrtopleura), a burrowing bivalve that actually has three shells rather than the usual two. The third shell bridges the main pair and helps with burrowing. The long extension of the body contains the siphons, the two pipes through which the burrowed mollusk inhales and exhales water.

It's not too late to sign up to learn how to draw

It's not too late to sign up to learn how to draw dinos! In Tuesday night's Studio Drafts class expert paleo artist Jason C. Poole will teach us how to draw #Triceratops and we'll be sipping on Flying Fish's Hopfish IPA. Link in bio to sign up! ⁠
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From a student, @lawler_creative in last week's class: For session 2 of Studio Drafts we worked up a stegosaurus. Really enjoying this series from the Academy and looking forward to next weeks triceratops. ⁠
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📷 @lawler_creative

Happy #ValentinesDay from the Academy! ⁠ ⁠ Aca

Happy #ValentinesDay from the Academy! ⁠
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Academy scientist Mark Sabaj, PhD was involved in the discovery of this heart-shaped species of minute bivalves from the rapids of clearwater tributaries to the lower Amazon River. The name cordilineata is derived from the Latin words cordis (heart) and lineatus (marked with lines) which references the distinctive shape and color pattern of the new species. Link in bio to learn more!

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