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Flirtatious Feathers

June 3, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Birding, Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Ornithology, Photoblog

An Academy exhibit from Google Arts and Culture

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Birds Are Blooming

April 20, 2020 MikeServedio Birding, Featured, Ornithology

With spring’s arrival comes the arrival of more bird songs and brighter colors.

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Coming Soon to a Tree Near You

March 19, 2020 MikeServedio Birding, Featured

Birds you can expect to see in the area over the next few weeks.

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Hawk Watch in Cape May

September 3, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Interactive, Kids Club, Live Animals, Ornithology

Make plans for fall bird-watching

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Beach Birds

June 4, 2018 MikeServedio Featured, Ornithology

Five shore birds to look for this summer

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Blue Jay by Garth McElroy

Bird-watching in Winter

January 29, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Ornithology

Catch a glimpse of extraordinary winter birds.

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The Phenomenal Purple Martin

July 31, 2017 Gelsey Torres Education, Interactive, Live Animals, Ornithology

Spot one in south Jersey this summer.

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Who’s Minding the VIREO Collection?

May 17, 2017 Christine Sellers Featured, People, Photoblog

He wants a photo of each of the world’s bird species.

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Learn about the courtship rituals of animals like the eastern bluebird from natural scientists.

Springtime Courtship Rituals

March 13, 2017 maryalicehartsock Featured, Herpetology, Interactive, Live Animals, Ornithology

Observe birds and frogs as the weather gets warmer.

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Blue Jay by Garth McElroy

Bird-watching in Winter

January 16, 2017 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Ornithology

Catch a glimpse of extraordinary winter birds.

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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 The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our community to nature! Gecky the leopard gecko has become a favorite of local students during virtual lessons about animal habitats. Leopard geckos are native to dry desert areas in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and northwest India. Leopard geckos are well equipped to survive in this extreme habitat with features like camouflage, a tail that stores fat for nutrition and shedding edible skin that provides extra minerals and moisture.⁠
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To book a virtual lesson for your class visit the link in profile!
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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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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