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Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss

Academy of Natural Sciences

Victoria Spalding, age 12, wrote a review of our exhibit, Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss. Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss. During our visit to this exciting underworld display, I experienced some truly amazing deep sea artifacts and specimens.

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The Fish With the Fishy Name

Academy of Natural Sciences

Academy staff were preparing to open the new exhibition Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss , but I didn’t put two and two together. Head of the bony-eared assfish, a deep-sea species of cusk-eel found in tropical and subtropical oceans. “Mark, do we have any assfish?”. There are 36,128 species of fishes.

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Explore the Mysteries of the Deepest Oceans  

Academy of Natural Sciences

Explore the mysteries of the deep sea, discover creatures no one knew existed until recently and experience the technology that allows scientists to travel to the bottom of the ocean in Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss, opening Saturday, April 2 at the Academy. Giant Tubeworms and Clams Await.

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New Exhibitions For 2022

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Academy is celebrating Water Year in 2022 with a series of special exhibitions aimed at helping people better understand the critical role of rivers and oceans and how everyone’s actions on land affect the watershed system. . Here’s the schedule of temporary exhibits for 2022. For updates and more information, visit ansp.org. Sea Change.

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The Royal Connection

Academy of Natural Sciences

And visitors to our current exhibition, Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss , can see these detailed scientific artworks through the run of the show. Among the Academy’s historic members, we have counted lawyers, apothecaries, brewers. But did you know that among that membership there even was a prince? .

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Changing Water, Changing Climate

Academy of Natural Sciences

Although much of the ocean’s abyss seems dark, still and silent, water is nevertheless always flowing, and in specific directions. Into the Abyss. The deep ocean floor makes up by far the largest part of the Earth’s surface, yet we know surprisingly little about it. Transformations Over Time.

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