The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 ...
Scientists have come to understand a great deal about the evolution of skulls by studying the fossil record. They know that prior to about 500 million years ago, no creature possessed a skull. Over ...
At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...
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All major taxonomic groups are well represented in the collection, but several areas of particular merit further description: Embiidina, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera/Homoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, ...
Make observations of how glaciers have changed over time, interpret graphs of Arctic sea ice extent for different years, and fly through and around the cryosphere on a Google Earth virtual globe. The ...
Shrink to the size of a coral polyp to see how corals acquire energy. Like all animals, coral polyps eat. They capture prey using microscopic hooks released from their tentacles. But most of the coral ...