Academy of Natural Sciences
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
From science to pop culture and back again, Tiktaalik is a fish made truly famous. Back in 2004, its discovery was hailed as one of the best-known examples of the evolutionary transition from limbed animals that swam to those that walked on land.
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 21, 2021
The map , generated by John Cooley, PhD, is based on more than 45 years of field work by Chris Simon and Cooley and also specimen records in museum collections including those of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University where I work. ” Courtesy of cicadas.uconn.edu. Magicicada cassini specimen. Happy hunting!
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PA Environment Daily
JULY 6, 2021
The Yeaman scholarship has been awarded annually since 2004 to a student planning to pursue a field in environmental studies in college. Given in honor of the Conservancy’s founder, Barbara Yeaman, the scholarship embodies Barbara’s vision to protect our special Upper Delaware River region now and for future generations.
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 20, 2021
For example, in the Philadelphia region we have three brood cycles of the 17-year cicada: Brood X – this year’s brood in 2021 (last was 2004). Text, images and video by Jon Gelhaus, PhD, Curator of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and professor, Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 20, 2021
From our records from past emergences of Brood X, documented by the Academy’s insect specimens, historical accounts and observations from 2004, these cicadas have a very spotty distribution in our region. For the Philadelphia region, it is likely you will not see any periodical cicadas. Cicada specimens in the Entomology Collection.
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 20, 2021
After Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences signed an historic affiliation on Oct. One of the most visible and exemplary examples of the Drexel-Academy partnership is the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), which was spun off of Drexel’s Biology Department in 2012 with newly redesigned curricula.
Environmental Science
AUGUST 7, 2018
It's considered the Islamic Golden Age and many discoveries in the realms of the natural sciences came in this time. One of the worst seismological disasters of the modern age happened at Christmas 2004 when an earthquake under the ocean causes a massive tsunami, killing around 250,000 people.
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