Join the Academy of Natural Sciences for our first-ever black-tie Black Birders Week event: Black Excellence in Birding.

Scientists sure do know a lot, but how do they discover so much great stuff from around the world?

While masks are typically optional in the Academy galleries, the Academy will begin offering Mask Mornings twice each month to welcome visitors who prefer or need a masked environment

Bring your favorite adult to the Academy for free and celebrate Father’s Day together. Experience towering dinosaurs and dioramas, explore the deep sea, enjoy our children’s discovery center, Outside In, and much more.

While masks are typically optional in the Academy galleries, the Academy will begin offering Mask Mornings twice each month to welcome visitors who prefer or need a masked environment

From macroinvertebrates living in a Philadelphia stream to a kid grabbing a drink from the kitchen tap after an outdoor adventure, access to fresh water is the most important element of our survival.

We’ve got the dinosaurs with star power!

While masks are typically optional in the Academy galleries, the Academy will begin offering Mask Mornings twice each month to welcome visitors who prefer or need a masked environment

From bonkers biomimicry to the vilest venom and the craziest camouflage, animals have a variety of sneaky tactics they use to survive, just like real and fictional secret agents.

Aspiring marine biologists, let’s explore the salty sea!