Changing Exhibits Photo Gallery
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Sept. 5, 2020–Feb. 15, 2021, features 100 of the world’s best wildlife photographs. The moment by Yongqing Bao, China, depicts a hungry marmot and also a hungry fox.
Credit: ©Yongqing Bao/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Sleeping like a Weddell by Ralf Schneider. Highly Commended 2019, Black and White
© Ralf Schneider - Wildlife Photographer of the Year

If penguins could fly by Eduardo Del Alamo, Spain. Highly Commended 2019, Behaviour: Mammals
© Eduardo Del Álamo - Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The equal match by Ingo Arndt, Germany. Joint Winner 2019, Behaviour: Mammals. Puma attacks guanaco.
© Ingo Arndt - Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Permian Monsters

Sculpture of a Permian dragonfly, enormous compared to today’s dragonflies.
Credit: Ramon Torres

Cacops was small compared to other temnospondyl amphibians, growing up to 18 inches long.
Credit: Ramon Torres

Viewing reconstructions of a Permian beast with skin and without.
Credit: Ramon Torres

Getting a close-up view.
Credit: Ramon Torres

Permian Monsters is enlightening for both children and adults.
Credit: Ramon Torres

Permian Monsters creatures Gorgonopsid Inostrancevia (left) and Scutosaurus (right)
Credit: Gondwana Studios

An animatronic Dinocephalian Titanophoneus with a mural backdrop of its setting
Credit: Gondwana Studios

Dinocephalian Estemmenosuchus from Permian Monsters
Credit: Gondwana Studios

Titanophoneus is an extinct meat-eater that had a long heavy snout on a 2-feet-six-inch skull. See it in Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs, Nov. 21, 2020–Jan. 17, 2022.
Credit: Gondwana Studios

Vivid artwork brings to life the bizarre-looking creatures of the Permian period that predated the dinosaurs. See it in Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs, Nov. 21, 2020–Jan. 17, 2022.
Credit: Gondwana Studios

Before dinosaurs came on the scene, extraordinary and bizarre creatures roamed the planet. See some of them in Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs, Nov. 21, 2020–Jan. 17, 2022 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Creature facing left is Inonstrancevia; facing right is Scutosaurus.
Credit: Gondwana Studios
Drawn to Dinosaurs
Drawn to Dinosaurs, opening Nov. 1, 2015, delves into the science and art of visualizing a living animal based on fragmentary fossils.
Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS

Drawn to Dinosaurs opens with a paleo artist recreating plant-eater Hadrosaurus foulkii on a giant blackboard.
Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS

Paleoartist Jason Poole sketches a detail on Haddy in Drawn To Dinosaurs.
Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS