Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Amazon Rainforest. Few places are as evocative of biodiversity as the Amazon Rainforest, a region of South America that occupies just 0.5% Roughly 1,300 bird species call the Amazon Rainforest their home, as do more than 3,000 species of fishes and countless primates, butterflies, orchids, frogs and more. Lukas Musher/ANS.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The fascinating world of rainforests and the animals that inhabit them are the focus of the new exhibition opening February 17 at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Staff will explain what makes these animals unique, their special adaptations and how they live in the rainforest. Animal Trainings: 1 p.m. –

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

I have always been interested in nature, ecology and conservation since I was a child. I was surrounded by people my age who were committed to protecting nature and teaching the public about environmental issues. I got to experience the Amazon rainforest and Andes mountains.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2022

His optimism, generosity, and compassion inspired an amazing spectrum of ecologists, conservation biologists, economists, politicians, celebrities, and students. His early experience in the Amazon began a life-long love of tropical biology and conservation. This recent loss of Tom and his colleague Edward O.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 7, 2023

These places are a small yet important piece of the larger central African rainforest system. Understanding, appreciating and conserving biodiversity has been at the core of the Academy’s science work since its founding in 1812.

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