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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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  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
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  Sleeping like a Weddell by Ralf Schneider. Highly Commended 2019, Black and White
  © Ralf Schneider - Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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  If penguins could fly by Eduardo Del Alamo, Spain. Highly Commended 2019, Behaviour: Mammals
  © Eduardo Del Álamo - Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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  The equal match by Ingo Arndt, Germany. Joint Winner 2019, Behaviour: Mammals. Puma attacks guanaco.
  © Ingo Arndt - Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Permian Monsters

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  Sculpture of a Permian dragonfly, enormous compared to today’s dragonflies.
  Credit: Ramon Torres
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  Cacops was small compared to other temnospondyl amphibians, growing up to 18 inches long.
  Credit: Ramon Torres
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  Viewing reconstructions of a Permian beast with skin and without.
  Credit: Ramon Torres
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  Getting a close-up view.
  Credit: Ramon Torres
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  Permian Monsters is enlightening for both children and adults.
  Credit: Ramon Torres
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  Permian Monsters creatures Gorgonopsid Inostrancevia (left) and Scutosaurus (right)
  Credit: Gondwana Studios
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  An animatronic Dinocephalian Titanophoneus with a mural backdrop of its setting
  Credit: Gondwana Studios
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  Dinocephalian Estemmenosuchus from Permian Monsters
  Credit: Gondwana Studios
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  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
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  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
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  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

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  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
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  Drawn to Dinosaurs opens with a paleo artist recreating plant-eater Hadrosaurus foulkii on a giant blackboard.
  Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS
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  Paleoartist Jason Poole sketches a detail on Haddy in Drawn To Dinosaurs.
  Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS