Stories tagged by 'specimens'
March 16, 2012
What’s the story behind Charles R. Knight’s famous painting? » Read More
March 09, 2012
What is an endoparasite? » Read More
March 08, 2012
What is the Hoatzin’s primary anti-predator defense? » Read More
March 07, 2012
How do some animals find their mates? » Read More
March 06, 2012
What is the largest land arthropod of all? » Read More
March 05, 2012
What animals collect objects from their immediate environment and glue them onto their shells? » Read More
March 04, 2012
What do Academy scientists do? Meet them and learn about their work in our very first video story! » Read More
March 01, 2012
Where can you see Academy specimens revealed in natural light? » Read More
February 29, 2012
How many invertebrate species do you think Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary holds? » Read More
February 26, 2012
Where can you find an extinct Ice Age giant in Philadelphia? » Read More
February 13, 2012
How does an Academy shell connect to Japanese legend? » Read More
February 11, 2012
What goes into making rarely seen Academy treasures accessible to the public? » Read More
February 03, 2012
How did an early Academy member keep his Lepidoptera collection in tiptop condition? » Read More
February 02, 2012
How does the Academy keep historic collections accessible and in great shape? » Read More
February 01, 2012
Who is responsible for a brave 19th century mission and for bolstering the Academy’s General Invertebrate Collection? » Read More
January 29, 2012
What invasive freshwater diatom was recently found in the Delaware River? » Read More
January 28, 2012
Where can you find the orange-winged parrot? » Read More
January 27, 2012
Can you name a sheep species native to North America? » Read More
January 25, 2012
What viper has the longest fangs and produces the greatest volume of venom compared to all other snakes? » Read More
January 22, 2012
From what famous Philadelphia destination did the Academy acquire this colorful bird? » Read More
January 21, 2012
What Academy icon identified the Moorish idol specimens pictured here? » Read More
January 20, 2012
Would you recognize a lupine if you saw one? » Read More
January 18, 2012
What grasshopper species attains a nearly 9-inch wingspan? » Read More
January 17, 2012
What does Meriwether Lewis have to do with botany at the Academy? » Read More
January 16, 2012
What does native copper look like? » Read More
January 13, 2012
What can you find in the Academy’s Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection? » Read More
January 12, 2012
What spiny species can you find in our Malacology Collection? » Read More
January 09, 2012
Where can you find the world’s most endangered insect? » Read More
January 04, 2012
What prompted an Academy ichthyologist to name a new species of catfish after a former Academy employee? » Read More
January 03, 2012
Why do a few fishermen reel in fossils instead of fish? » Read More
December 19, 2011
Do you know how new species are named? » Read More
December 16, 2011
Academy specimens are found in the strangest places…but did you ever imagine that eBay is one of them? » Read More
December 15, 2011
How did a recent study on minnows connect contemporary Academy researchers to 19th-century Curator Edward Drinker Cope? » Read More
December 14, 2011
Why are the Academy's entomologists on exhibit? » Read More
November 28, 2011
Why does the Academy keep a cranky elephant in the basement? » Read More
November 22, 2011
What would you do if you saw tapeworm larvae cysts in your breakfast? » Read More
November 20, 2011
How can a specimen collected 150 years ago provide new scientific knowledge today? » Read More
November 18, 2011
How are fossils removed from rocks, anyways? » Read More
November 16, 2011
What slithery Academy specimen holds a record for living longer than others of its kind? » Read More
October 19, 2011
What kills fish within seconds and has taken human lives too? » Read More
October 15, 2011
How can little old booklets help us find new ways to use microscopic algae? » Read More
October 12, 2011
What does a pit viper have to do with homeopathic medicine? » Read More
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