Stories tagged by 'collections'
March 19, 2012
Did you know the Academy houses a world-leading collection of local plants? » Read More
March 18, 2012
What spurred Taiwanese scientists to travel to Philadelphia to study Taiwanese plants? » Read More
March 17, 2012
What’s the story behind some plant specimens now part of the Academy’s Lewis and Clark Herbarium? » Read More
March 16, 2012
What’s the story behind Charles R. Knight’s famous painting? » Read More
March 04, 2012
What do Academy scientists do? Meet them and learn about their work in our very first video story! » Read More
March 01, 2012
Where can you see Academy specimens revealed in natural light? » Read More
February 27, 2012
Do you know where to find nearly 38 million pages of scientific literature? » Read More
February 26, 2012
Where can you find an extinct Ice Age giant in Philadelphia? » Read More
February 25, 2012
What book in the Academy Library is an illuminated manuscript? » Read More
February 23, 2012
What was the first journal in the world strictly devoted to science? » Read More
February 14, 2012
How did the Academy’s herbarium expand with the help of an unconventionally trained scientist? » Read More
February 06, 2012
What is a treelet? » Read More
February 03, 2012
How did an early Academy member keep his Lepidoptera collection in tiptop condition? » Read More
February 02, 2012
How does the Academy keep historic collections accessible and in great shape? » Read More
February 01, 2012
Who is responsible for a brave 19th century mission and for bolstering the Academy’s General Invertebrate Collection? » Read More
January 31, 2012
How do you “preserve” the beauty of living invertebrates? » Read More
January 29, 2012
What invasive freshwater diatom was recently found in the Delaware River? » Read More
January 28, 2012
Where can you find the orange-winged parrot? » Read More
January 27, 2012
Can you name a sheep species native to North America? » Read More
January 25, 2012
What viper has the longest fangs and produces the greatest volume of venom compared to all other snakes? » Read More
January 24, 2012
Who collected this skull of an endangered loggerhead sea turtle? » Read More
January 22, 2012
From what famous Philadelphia destination did the Academy acquire this colorful bird? » Read More
January 21, 2012
What Academy icon identified the Moorish idol specimens pictured here? » Read More
January 20, 2012
Would you recognize a lupine if you saw one? » Read More
January 19, 2012
What treasure boxes remind us of the Academy’s many journeys abroad? » Read More
January 18, 2012
What grasshopper species attains a nearly 9-inch wingspan? » Read More
January 17, 2012
What does Meriwether Lewis have to do with botany at the Academy? » Read More
January 16, 2012
What does native copper look like? » Read More
January 14, 2012
What was in Dr. Ruth Patrick’s mailbox? » Read More
January 13, 2012
What can you find in the Academy’s Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection? » Read More
January 12, 2012
What spiny species can you find in our Malacology Collection? » Read More
January 09, 2012
Where can you find the world’s most endangered insect? » Read More
January 06, 2012
How do you preserve scenes caught on cellulose nitrate film? » Read More
January 03, 2012
Why do a few fishermen reel in fossils instead of fish? » Read More
January 02, 2012
Where are some of Philadelphia’s best naturalistic animal sculptures? » Read More
January 01, 2012
What is one of the rarest and most famous natural history books known…with a copy in the Academy's Library? » Read More
December 28, 2011
How do you organize the natural world? » Read More
December 22, 2011
Is it a rhinoceros or a hat rack? » Read More
December 16, 2011
Academy specimens are found in the strangest places…but did you ever imagine that eBay is one of them? » Read More
December 15, 2011
How did a recent study on minnows connect contemporary Academy researchers to 19th-century Curator Edward Drinker Cope? » Read More
December 14, 2011
Why are the Academy's entomologists on exhibit? » Read More
December 12, 2011
If you think your office politics are bad, then what will you think of this? » Read More
November 28, 2011
Why does the Academy keep a cranky elephant in the basement? » Read More
November 24, 2011
How did the Academy get some of its Asian mammals? » Read More
November 22, 2011
What would you do if you saw tapeworm larvae cysts in your breakfast? » Read More
November 20, 2011
How can a specimen collected 150 years ago provide new scientific knowledge today? » Read More
November 18, 2011
How are fossils removed from rocks, anyways? » Read More
November 16, 2011
What slithery Academy specimen holds a record for living longer than others of its kind? » Read More
November 15, 2011
Where can you find the best seat in the house at the Academy? » Read More
November 14, 2011
What happens when the Academy receives items for its collections? » Read More
November 13, 2011
What can old catalogs teach us about natural history? » Read More
November 12, 2011
Meteorites are common, right? So why is this one such a big deal? » Read More
November 11, 2011
How are Academy scientists preparing for our bicentennial exhibit, The Academy at 200: The Nature of Discovery? » Read More
November 08, 2011
The Earth is not hollow, so why does the Academy have a model suggesting that it could be? » Read More
November 05, 2011
Do you know who described a giant marine reptile fossil which started the Bone Wars? » Read More
How did shells collected in Japan in 1865 and preserved at the Academy make their way back home in 2011? » Read More
November 02, 2011
How does the Academy get its live bugs? » Read More
October 30, 2011
What do a red panda, a feather hat, and a rooster with a 12-foot-long tail have in common? » Read More
October 27, 2011
What prompted a crafty Academy guard to take a security shortcut? » Read More
October 25, 2011
Did you know the Academy has thousands of gorgeous rocks behind the scenes? » Read More
October 16, 2011
Why does the Academy have a sample of George Washington's hair? » Read More
October 15, 2011
How can little old booklets help us find new ways to use microscopic algae? » Read More
October 12, 2011
What does a pit viper have to do with homeopathic medicine? » Read More
September 30, 2011
What do you do with a dead bird? » Read More
September 21, 2011
How did the Academy begin its collections? » Read More
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