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Exhibits
- Hadrosaurus: The Dinosaur That Changed the World (Nov. 22, 2008 - April 19, 2009)
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See Archives for media information prior to May 2007.
October 15, 2008
New research published in Nature provides first detailed look at internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, fossil that is step in transition from fish to limbed animal. Full release
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- Tiktaalik roseae, discovered in the Canadian Arctic in 2004 by a team co-led by Dr. Ted Daeschler of The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago, is a textbook example of a transitional fossil.
Credit: Ted Daeschler/ANSP - Paleontologists Dr. Jason Downs (left) and Dr. Ted Daeschler of The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, 700 miles above the Arctic Circle. Their new study, published in the Oct. 16, 2008, issue of Nature sheds more light on Tiktaalik roseae, a creature along the evolutionary transition from fish to limbed animal.
Credit: Ted Daeschler/ANSP - Field crew at work in July 2008 at the site where Tiktaalik roseae was found. The site is on Ellesmere Island, 700 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Credit: Ted Daeschler/ANSP - Ted Daeschler with a model of Tiktaalik roseae and its fossil head.
Credit: ANSP - A new study of Tiktaalik roseae (middle), a 375-million-year-old transitional fossil, highlights an intermediate step between the condition in fish like Eusthenopteron (bottom) and that in early limbed forms like Acanthostega (top).
Credit: Kalliopi Monoyios
October 14, 2008
Academy participates in $4 million American-Philippine study to discover drugs and biofuels from mollusks in tropical seas. Full release
October 1, 2008
Academy welcomes new watershed scientist. Full release
September 30, 2008
Academy announces new Center for Environmental Policy that will bring together disparate parties in wide-ranging environmental debate and offer practical solutions for managing natural resources. Full release
September 22, 2008
The largest and oldest shell show in the Northeast washes ashore at The Academy of Natural Sciences Oct. 11 and 12, accompanied by a three-day shell festival. Full release
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- Gorgeous and exotic shells will be for display and for sale at the largest and oldest shell show in the Northeast at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12. A Shell Festival of activities for all ages runs Oct. 11, 12 and 13.
Credit: Dennis Murphy/ANSP - Gorgeous and exotic shells will be for display and for sale at the largest and oldest shell show in the Northeast at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12. A Shell Festival of activities for all ages runs Oct. 11, 12 and 13.
Credit: Paul Callomon/ANSP; - Gorgeous and exotic shells will be for display and for sale at the largest and oldest shell show in the Northeast at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12. A Shell Festival of activities for all ages runs Oct. 11, 12 and 13.
Credit: Paul Callomon/ANSP.
September 16, 2008
Academy announces appointments of three top administrators, including Vice President for Center for Systematic Biology and Library. Full release
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- Dr. Ted Daeschler, Vice President of Systematics and Library, at Okse, Nunavut;
- Danianne Mizzy, Director of the Ewell Sale Stewart Library
Credit: Katie O'Toole/ANSP; - Dr. Tatyana Livshultz, Botany Curator
Credit: Katie O'Toole/ANSP.
September 4, 2008
Fall book-talk series kicks off with a look at fossil-hunting then and now. Full release
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- Keith Thomson
- Ray Troll (left) and Kirk Johnson (right)
August 21, 2008
Two grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation support specimen collection. Full release
July 14, 2008
Academy goes buggy all day Aug. 16 and 17 for Bug Fest. Full release
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- Meet The Academy of Natural Sciences' live tarantula and scores of other bugs at the museum's arthropod extravaganza, Bug Fest, Aug. 16 and 17. The weekend features roach races, bug cooking competitions, science talks, and even a flea circus—fun for people of all ages.
Credit: Katie O'Toole/ANSP - Avalon Clark, 11, of Willow Grove, bravely handles two hissing cockroaches that will be part of The Academy of Natural Sciences' arthropod extravaganza Bug Fest, Aug. 16 and 17. The weekend features roach races, bug cooking competitions, science talks, and even a flea circus—fun for people of all ages.
Credit: Katie O'Toole/ANSP - David Gracer, founder of Sunrise Land Shrimp, will compete with a Cajun bug chef to see who cooks the best bug meal, at The Academy of Natural Sciences' Bug Fest, Aug 16 and 17. The weekend features roach races, live tarantulas and scorpions, science talks, and even a flea circus—fun for people of all ages.
June 9, 2008
Celebrate Gregor Mendel's birthday with cake, science presentations, and live animal shows, July 19-20. Full release
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- Benjamin Klenk, 10, of Philadelphia, contemplates the laws of heredity using peas in "Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics" at The Academy of Natural Sciences through Sept. 28.
Credit: Katie O'Toole/ANSP
June 12, 2008
The Academy of Natural Sciences publishes first full-length biography of British artist and naturalist called All In the Bones: A Biography of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins.
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June 9, 2008
New catfish species named for Academy mail supervisor. Full release
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- Frank Gallagher, The Academy of Natural Sciences' retired mailroom supervisor, is the inspiration for the name of a newly described catfish species.
Credit: Mark Sabaj Pérez/ANSP - Rhinodoras gallagheri, a new species of catfish described by Dr. Mark Sabaj Pérez of The Academy of Natural Sciences, is named for the museum's retired mailroom supervisor.
Credit: Mark Sabaj Pérez/ANSP
May 8, 2008
Academy hosts International Conference on Arctic Exploration, May 21-23, plus rare-film festival May 24. Full release
May 7, 2008
Academy welcomes two new trustees to governing body. Full release
May 1, 2008
Molecular lab combined with scientific expertise and important specimen collections make the Academy a global center for biodiversity research. Full release
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- Anthony Geneva removes specimens from an ultracold freezer at The Academy of Natural Sciences' Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Ecology. The lab, coupled with scientific expertise and important specimen collections, make the Academy one of the global centers for biodiversity research.
- The Academy of Natural Sciences' Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Ecology, coupled with the Academy's scientific expertise and specimen collections, make the Academy a global center for biodiversity research.
April 3, 2008
The Academy of Natural Sciences announces formation of its Asia Center to forge international partnerships for the study, protection and sustainable use of environmental resources. Full release
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- Caption: Clyde Goulden, director of The Academy of Natural Sciences' new Asia Center, using a GPS to determine coordinates at a study site on the shore of Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia. Drawing on a history of research in Mongolia, the Academy established the Asia Center to forge international partnerships for the study, protection and sustainable use of environmental resources.
Credit: R.M. Peck, The Academy of Natural Sciences
March 24, 2008
Revolutionary evolutionary fossil goes on display, one of few places in world. Full release
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- Caption: The Academy of Natural Sciences paleontologist Ted Daeschler displays the fossil that rocked the world and an artist's sculpture of it. Both are now on permanent display at the Academy, one of the few museums in the world where the public can see this important transitional creature that is both fish and limbed animal.
March 6, 2008
Genetics expert heads Spring Town Square speaker series. Full release
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- Caption: Dr. J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in mapping the human genome and president of the J. Craig Venter Institute, will speak on Genomic Research from Humans to the Environment on Thursday, April 10, at The Academy of Natural Sciences.
March 4, 2008
Celebrate Mother's Day—and International Migratory Bird Day—with animal moms and famous birding author Kenn Kaufman. Full release
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- Ornithologist and author Kenn Kaufman. Photo by Rick and Nora Bowers.
- Learn about nurturing moms in The Academy's Live Animal Center during Animal Mom's Weekend, May 10-11.
February 21, 2008
Academy hosts 29th annual George Washington Carver Science Fair, one of the largest of its kind in the country, Feb. 25-28. Full release.
January 21, 2008
In this presidential election year, The Academy of Natural Sciences offers a unique way to mark Presidents Day, even if you’re not patriotic or haven’t decided yet for whom to vote. Full release.
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- Caption: The Academy of Natural Sciences Senior Fellow Robert M. Peck displays an album of presidential locks, open to a sample from George Washington's head. The rare album will be on display at the Academy jn Philadelphia for Presidents Day festivities Feb. 16-18 along with some of Thomas Jefferson's fossils, also part of the Academy's collections. (photo by Bruce Tepper/ANSP)
- Caption: A lock of President George Washington's hair will be on display as well as a lock of Thomas Jefferson's hair as part of The Academy of Natural Sciences' festivities Feb. 16, 17 and 18 to mark President's Day. (photo, Ewell Sale Stewart Library, ANSP)
January 10, 2008
Academy volunteer wins national paleontology award. Full release.
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- Caption: Norman Douglas Rowe (photo by Ted Daeschler)
November 12, 2007
Academy scientists search for disappearing bridle shiner to shed light on the environmental health of the Upper Delaware River. Full release
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- Caption: The Academy of Natural Sciences' scientists Shane Moser (left) and David Keller use seine nets to look for the dwindling bridle shiner, a key indicator of environmental health.
Image Credit: The Academy of Natural Sciences, or ANSP - Caption: Bridle shiner
Image Credit: Daniel L. Hartl, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University