Stories tagged by 'expeditions'
March 17, 2012
What’s the story behind some plant specimens now part of the Academy’s Lewis and Clark Herbarium? » Read More
February 18, 2012
How much does it cost to professionally clean, restore, and digitize one reel of 16-mm film? » Read More
February 17, 2012
What was life like for a scientist on the United States’ first official international exploring expedition? » Read More
February 06, 2012
What is a treelet? » Read More
January 24, 2012
Who collected this skull of an endangered loggerhead sea turtle? » Read More
January 21, 2012
What Academy icon identified the Moorish idol specimens pictured here? » Read More
January 19, 2012
What treasure boxes remind us of the Academy’s many journeys abroad? » Read More
December 19, 2011
Do you know how new species are named? » 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 06, 2011
How do Academy scientists transport their gear? » Read More
November 24, 2011
How did the Academy get some of its Asian mammals? » Read More
November 23, 2011
How did a tiny beetle become an invasive species? » Read More
November 21, 2011
What makes an island the perfect place for studying evolution? » Read More
November 19, 2011
What was a snake doing inside a bird net? » Read More
October 28, 2011
Why did the Sioux believe an 1850s fossil collector was an odd character? » Read More
October 24, 2011
What fuels an Academy explorer? » Read More
October 20, 2011
Would you climb an erupting volcano? » Read More
October 19, 2011
What kills fish within seconds and has taken human lives too? » Read More
October 17, 2011
Why does the Academy have one of Captain Cook's cannons? » Read More
September 27, 2011
Did you know that Ernest Hemingway assisted the Academy Ichthyology Department? » Read More
September 26, 2011
Why was the Academy flag planted at the North Pole? » Read More
September 24, 2011
How do ichthyologists spend their time? » Read More
September 23, 2011
Where on Earth can you find the jocotoco antpitta? » Read More
September 20, 2011
Why was it so hard for Academy explorers to catch a coyote? » Read More
September 15, 2011
Why was an English gentleman collecting shells and stones on a California beach in the 1830s? » Read More
September 13, 2011
What do you get when you combine an Academy scientist, a pristine lake, and an expedition to Asia? » Read More
September 12, 2011
Can you believe it? Charles Wilson Peale painted three portraits before an expedition—just in case the explorers didn’t make it back alive! » Read More
September 10, 2011
What's the secret behind some Academy dioramas? » Read More
September 06, 2011
Are you worried about bird flu? » Read More
September 04, 2011
Why was an Academy scientist hanging out in Arctic Canada? » Read More
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