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$4 Million for Water Research

August 16, 2016 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Featured, Ichthyology, Malacology

Grants aim to improve water quality

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Part 3: Front Row to COP21

January 1, 2016 Carolyn Belardo Environmental Science, Featured, People

Making a difference now.

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A force for nature since 1812. Home to over 19 million scientific specimens, cutting-edge research & exhibits that inspire care for our natural world.

As part of our upcoming exhibition The Ecology of

As part of our upcoming exhibition The Ecology of fashion, Academy staff member Akera recently took the Project 333 challenge. Pare your closet down to 33 clothing and accessory items for 3 months - you’ll be surprised at how many outfit combinations are possible! Changing your habits (and clothes!) can lessen your impact on the environment. Share your own take on the challenge by using #333EoF!

And don’t forget to join us for the opening celebration of The Ecology of Fashion on Friday, November 15 to learn more about the intersection of fashion, nature and sustainability!
#sustainablefashion #ethicalfashion #slowfashion #circularfashion #ecofashion

Next Monday, November 11 join us @scienceontapphl

Next Monday, November 11 join us @scienceontapphl and meet Akilah Chatman (they/them) an environmental justice and resilience, community-based participatory action researcher at the Academy. Come dive into their work as they talk you through co-developing this novel type of research and learn about the various communities they work with. Tap the link in our bio for more info!

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🐈 🦁 🐅 🐈‍⬛ For #NationalCatDay we ventured into the Academy Library and Archives rare book room to share Daniel Giraud Elliot’s A Monograph of the Felidae. Special Collections Librarian Kelsey Manahan-Phelan tells us all about it!

The Academy of Natural Sciences is reexamining our

The Academy of Natural Sciences is reexamining our historical cyanotype collections through reparative archival practices. Brooke Dolan Archivist Jessica Lydon is leading current efforts to revise outdated, biased descriptions of collections, including Indigenous knowledge omitted from Charles L. Lochman’s plant cyanotypes. This work aims to make the archives more accessible and reflective of diverse perspectives. Discover how this important project brings greater inclusivity to the Academy’s historical records - tap the link in our bio to read our latest blog post.

Congratulations to our 2024 Dinos After Dark Hallo

Congratulations to our 2024 Dinos After Dark Halloween costume winners! We loved seeing all of your amazing and creative costumes tonight.

The Academy of Natural Sciences, alongside co-cura

The Academy of Natural Sciences, alongside co-curator and ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón, PhD (Rarámuri/Tarahumara) and the Indigenous-led nonprofit @localcontexts, are proud to announce our new exhibition: Botany of Nations. Open March 28–September 13, 2026 against the backdrop of the United States’ 250th anniversary, the exhibition presented at the Academy will inspire civic dialogue and reshape the historic Corps of Discovery (1804–1806) tale of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with Indigenous perspectives. The exhibition will center around plants, including those hand-collected by Lewis, many of which were given to the American Philosophical Society by Thomas Jefferson, and on long-term deposit in the Academy as part of the Lewis and Clark Herbarium. These plants will act as “portals” to the undershared stories, cultures and sciences of the Nations who Lewis and Clark met on their journey. Learn more via the link in our bio!

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What's your Halloween costume this year? 👻🎃We're so excited to see everyone during Dinos After Dark this Friday, October 25! Admission is pay-what-you-wish from 5-8 p.m., tap the link in our bio to join in on the fun.

It's #AmericanArchivesMonth! The Academy's Library

It's #AmericanArchivesMonth! The Academy's Library & Archives’ mission is to preserve rare and unique materials that are representative of diverse voices and perspectives in the field of the natural and environmental sciences. ⁠
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Check out this recent archives acquisition: a 1940s photo of botanist Ida K. Langman and colleagues conducting fieldwork in Mexico. Ida K. Langman (1904–1991) was a botanist, bibliographer and Academy educator. An immigrant from the Ukraine, she began collecting plants in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in the 1930s and later made two expeditions to Mexico between 1939 and 1949 to collect plants and conduct bibliographic work. This photo and more were recently donated by Langman's family, adding to our rich collection of her work and correspondence with fellow botanists. ⁠
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You can read more about this and other recent archives acquisitions on our blog - visit the link in bio.

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