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Eagle Eye View of the rio Xingu
A fascinating aerial video from where Academy researchers are working in Brazil.
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Chefs’ Chocolate Recipes
Chocolate recipes from top Philadelphia chefs
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Hemingway and the Academy
Read about Ernest Hemingway’s connections to the Academy.
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Dreadnoughtus
This new dinosaur is the most complete one ever found.
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Mortal Remains
This exhibit raises awareness about species extinction.
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Bug Picassos
See video of our bug artists at work.
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Pinned!
Insects are as interesting to this artist as to entomologists.
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Outside In Makeover
Check out the newly refurbished children’s nature center, Outside In.
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Zoot: A Day in the Life
Zoot, our blue and gold macaw, lives behind the scenes in the Academy’s Live Animal Center.
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