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Stories tagged by 'expeditions'
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What’s the story behind some plant specimens now part of the Academy’s Lewis and Clark Herbarium? » Read More
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How much does it cost to professionally clean, restore, and digitize one reel of 16-mm film?» Read More
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What was life like for a scientist on the United States’ first official international exploring expedition?» Read More
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What is a treelet?» Read More
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Who collected this skull of an endangered loggerhead sea turtle?» Read More
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What Academy icon identified the Moorish idol specimens pictured here?» Read More
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What treasure boxes remind us of the Academy’s many journeys abroad?» Read More
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Do you know how new species are named?» Read More
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How did a recent study on minnows connect contemporary Academy researchers to 19th-century Curator Edward Drinker Cope?» Read More
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How do Academy scientists transport their gear?» Read More
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How did the Academy get some of its Asian mammals?» Read More
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How did a tiny beetle become an invasive species?» Read More
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What makes an island the perfect place for studying evolution?» Read More
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What was a snake doing inside a bird net?» Read More
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Why did the Sioux believe an 1850s fossil collector was an odd character?» Read More
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What fuels an Academy explorer?» Read More
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Would you climb an erupting volcano?» Read More
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What kills fish within seconds and has taken human lives too?» Read More
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Why does the Academy have one of Captain Cook's cannons?» Read More
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Did you know that Ernest Hemingway assisted the Academy Ichthyology Department?» Read More
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Why was the Academy flag planted at the North Pole?» Read More
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How do ichthyologists spend their time?» Read More
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Where on Earth can you find the jocotoco antpitta?» Read More
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Why was it so hard for Academy explorers to catch a coyote?» Read More
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Why was an English gentleman collecting shells and stones on a California beach in the 1830s?» Read More