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