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Famous Fossil Display

April 29, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Tiktaalik gets a proper send-off before returning to Canada.

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

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🕷️Peeping out from our burrow to tell you our 🕷️Peeping out from our burrow to tell you our special exhibit, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been extended to March 14! 🕷️ 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 ‘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! 🤗 ⁠ Stay safe while learning a Hey Educators! 🤗 ⁠
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.
Science is sexy! Yeah, we said it. ⁠ ⁠ Join us Science is sexy! Yeah, we said it. ⁠
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Join us at our first Academy Nightcaps event — a monthly late evening virtual program that tells the more risqué stories of nature. Sip slowly as you enjoy a casual virtual conversation with scientists and educators who are eager to impart their knowledge over an aperitif. Share your knowledge, take polls and experience a multimedia presentation as we savor the most alluring science topics. ⁠
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Whether your nightcap is on your noggin or in your tumbler—we're not judging! We hope you’ll join us to relax, decompress and end your evening in a delightfully scientific state of mind. ⁠
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It's all happening on Thursday, January 28. Link in bio for details and tickets. We'll see you there 😉
We're ROARING into this New Year like... ⁠ ⁠ P We're ROARING into this New Year like... ⁠
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Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs opens TOMORROW Friday, January 8. Get out of the house and join us at the Academy to learn about the bizarre-looking creatures that dominated life on land and sea 290 million years ago 😲, and dinosaurs 🦕 had not yet evolved. ⁠
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Link in bio for more info about the exhibit and to buy your 🎟️ timed tickets.
The Academy is excited to welcome you back to the The Academy is excited to welcome you back to the museum this Friday, January 8. We have missed you! Our brand-new exhibit, Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs, is open, plus you can visit Wildlife Photographer of the Year through February 15. Link in bio for details about hours, ticketing, what’s open and how we’ll be keeping you safe.
❄️ December 27–30 is Winter Science Week ❄ ❄️ December 27–30 is Winter Science Week ❄️ ⁠
We'll be crafting dinos and asking scientist ALL the questions. And you can join us for all of it virtually! Link in bio to register for these FREE online programs for kids.
This Shad is Rad! 🐟⁠ Want to know why? Link i This Shad is Rad! 🐟⁠
Want to know why? Link in bio to learn more about the Delaware River, called the Lenapewitik in Lenape, and known as the “River of People”. The Lenape who settled along the banks of its streams and tributaries built a strong, independent community based on the watershed’s abundance and successful fisheries.
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