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New research on Tiktaalik fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
New research on Tiktaalik fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
October 15, 2008
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Calendar of Events for April–June 2009
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About “Hadrosaurus foulkii: The Dinosaur That Changed the World”
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New research on Tiktaalik fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
American-Philippine study to discover drugs, biofuels from tropical mollusks
Academy welcomes new watershed scientist
Philadelphia Shell Show washes ashore
Three top administrators appointed
Calendar of Events, January–March 2009
Fall book-talk series kicks off with a look at fossil-hunting then and now
Two grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation support specimen collection
Academy goes buggy all day Aug. 16 and 17 for Bug Fest
Celebration for Gregor Mendel’s birthday, July 19-20
New biography of British artist-naturalist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Calendar of Events for October–December, 2008
New catfish species named for Academy mail supervisor
International Conference on Arctic Exploration May 21-23, plus rare-film festival
Academy welcomes two new trustees
Molecular Lab reinvigorates centuries of biodiversity research
Exhibit Highlights for “Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics”
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Academy establishes Asia Center
Calendar of Events for July–September, 2008
Revolutionary evolutionary fossil goes on display
“Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics” Long lede
Genetics expert heads spring Town Square speaker series
Celebrate Mother’s Day and International Migratory Bird Day
29th annual George Washington Carver Science Fair
New Arctic-Antarctic Exhibition Opens Saturday, February 9
Academy displays early presidents’ hair for President’s Day
Academy volunteer wins national paleontology award
Exhibit Facts for “Ends of the Earth: From Polar Bears to Penguins”
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