INSIDE: Birds of the Amazon ACADEMY GREETINGS

President and CEO: Scott Cooper, PhD Vice President of Institutional Advancement: Dear Friends, Meg Clifton North At the Academy, summer is a time for new beginnings. June is the month many of Director of Communications: Mary Alice Hartsock us think of as the official start of summer, and summer at the Academy means field Senior Graphic Designer: Stephanie Gleit season! This year, our scientists will travel to California, Long Island, Mexico, the Contributing Writers: Bridget Arthur Clancy Galápagos Islands, Jamaica, nearby streams in the Delaware River watershed and and Emily Storz many other locations near and far. They will conduct research on the environment Academy Frontiers is a publication of the and gather specimens for our scientific collections, which will be used for further Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel studies by scientists around the world. University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Summer — July 1 in particular — also marks a change in leadership at the Academy, Philadelphia, PA 19103. as David E. Griffith begins his term as Chair of the Academy’s Board of Trustees. Please send questions or comments about Academy Frontiers to [email protected]. Dave, who previously spent more than 40 years in the for-profit world, has served as Academy membership includes a subscription executive director and head coach of Episcopal Community Services for six years. A to Academy Frontiers, free general admission lifelong outdoorsman, he is acutely aware of the impacts of climate change and plans to the museum, discounts in the Academy Shop to dedicate part of this next chapter of his life to service of the environment. As he and Academy Café, invitations to special events begins his term, both he and I want to express our deep gratitude for the exceptional and exhibit openings and much more. For information about Academy membership, leadership of our outgoing Board Chair, Peter Austen. In addition to leading my own call 215-299-1022 or visit ansp.org/membership. recruitment, he has also been a driving force in the creation of our new strategic plan. Thank you, Peter, for all your support and collaboration, as well as the momentum you BOARD OF TRUSTEES have helped create throughout the Academy. Chair of the Board David E. Griffith From transitions in our leadership to sharing emerging science news, the Academy is always seeking new ways to engage you, our loyal members. In this issue of Trustees Tara Acharya Academy Frontiers, we will take you through a few recent findings, introducing Peter A. Austen several new species our scientists helped discover. We will also guide you on a John F. Bales III journey deep into the Amazonian rainforest, where our ornithologists collected Jeffrey Beachell birds found nowhere else on Earth. In our Spotlight, you will meet two of your fellow M. Brian Blake Amy Branch members who worked alongside Academy scientists to assess a stream running Amy Coes through their property. And finally, you will uncover ways that you and your family Scott Cooper can become better stewards of our rapidly changing planet. Abbie Dean As our new fiscal year begins on July 1, I want to take a moment to express my Robert J. Delany John A. Fry gratitude for your ongoing support, and especially for your contributions to the Latasha Harling Academy’s annual fund. Thank you for making our research, exhibits and public Ellen Harvey programs possible. We could not do what we do without your generosity. Jun Huangpu Page R. Leidy Sandra L. McLean With thanks and best wishes, Allen J. Model Michael H. Reed Van R. Reiner * Gerald B. Rorer David A. Rusenko Ivy E. Silver Judith E. Soltz John J. Soroko Scott Cooper, PhD Robert S. Victor President and CEO Emeritus Trustees Cynthia P. Heckscher Edward A. Montgomery Jr. I. Wistar Morris III Seymour S. Preston III Minturn T. Wright III

ON THE COVER: Academy Ornithologists traveled to the world’s largest lowland tropical forest wilderness to survey birds, including this Fork-tailed Woodnymph

(Thalurania furcata), and their parasites. Jeff Fusco for ANS Photo by Jason Weckstein/ANS. FOUNDED IN 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is a leading natural history museum dedicated to advancing research, education and *deceased public engagement in biodiversity and environmental science.

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ACADEMY FRONTIERS | SPRING/SUMMER 2019 Nathan Rice/ANS H.

After a day of collecting in the Amazon rainforest, Academy scientists Jason Weckstein (at left), Nate Rice and a team processed bird specimens and preserved their parasites and tissue samples for future study.

FEATURE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES 8 THE GREAT UNVEILING 20 TAKING CARE OF THE PLANET Amazonian Birds Added to Academy Collection Books for All Ages

22 TIME TO EXPLORE ACADEMY STORIES Experience Nature Through Reading 6 BEHIND THE SCENES 23 ACTIVITY PAGE Academy Scientists Announce New Species Test your recycling smarts! 12 FROM THE LIBRARY A Relic of Botany History AT THE MUSEUM 14 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 4 CALENDAR, EXHIBITS AND EVENTS Lynn and Tony Hitschler 16 ACADEMY SUPPORTERS

Spring/Summer 2019 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JULY SUMMER CAMP Weekdays through August 30

OPEN THROUGH JANUARY 20, 2020 Special Exhibits Gallery Embark on a globetrotting expedition around Pangea, where dinosaurs reign throughout the land. Dinosaurs Around the World introduces visitors to more than a Mike Servedio/ANS Mike dozen animatronic dinosaurs on a voyage from the Academy Science Camp invites campers ages 5–12 to learn ferocious plains of Africa and the tropical beaches of about natural science at Philly’s Dinosaur Museum. Each week Antarctica, to the inland seas of North America and the of camp explores an exciting new theme such as dinosaurs, polar darkness of Australia. Find out how continental insects or superheroes and features an off-site field trip! drift, sea level fluctuations and volcanic activity Weeks are selling out quickly so reserve today and save with allowed dinosaurs to disperse to all corners of the your membership discount. Find out more at ansp.org, where globe. Learn about paleontological research, touch you can learn about our summer programs for teens and tots. fossil casts, discover and name your own dinosaur, investigate what dinosaurs may have looked like in life and find modern- TINY TOT EXPLORERS day dinosaurs right in your own Wednesdays through August 28 backyard!

UPCOMING EVENTS Dino-mite Summer July 1–August 31 Academy Science Camp Weekdays, July 8–August 30 Tiny Tot Explorers Select Wednesdays, July 10–August 28, 11 a.m.–noon Museum Open Early: Access to Science Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m. Scientist Saturday: Malacology Saturday, July 20, 1–4 p.m. Five Five Collective for ANS Dinos After Dark Calling all explorers 2–5 years old! Along with your favorite Wednesday, July 24, 4–8 p.m. adult, join us in exploring nature through songs, games, Teen Beginner Animal Training hands-on fun and museum adventures. Tiny Tot Explorers and Husbandry Program SOLD OUT! meet on selected mornings from 11 a.m.–noon, and a snack Weekdays, July 15–19 is provided! You may register for a single session or an entire series. Weekly themes and more at ansp.org. Teen Advanced Animal Training and Husbandry Program SOLD OUT! Weekdays, July 22–26

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AUGUST OCTOBER BUG FEST Members’ Night Saturday and Sunday, August 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday, October 18, 5–9 p.m. Scientist Saturday: Wetlands Saturday, October 19, 1–4 p.m.

DOOR 19: DEATH AND TAXIDERMY Thursday, October 24, 6–9 p.m. Mike Servedio/ANS Mike Join us on August 10 and 11 for our annual celebration of insects! See hundreds of live bugs, talk with real scientists, learn about insects from all over the world and see specimens from the Academy’s behind-the-scenes collections. Eat bugs, get your face painted and relax as you enjoy a buggy show. Mike Servedio/ANS Mike Free for members or with general museum admission. Nothing is certain but death and tax … idermy! At the Academy, we’re no strangers to the most bizarre science that life (and Teen Invertebrate Husbandry Program death) have to offer. At Door 19: Death and Taxidermy, explore Weekdays, August 12–16 our spookiest specimens and weirdest things in jars behind the scenes. Meet a couture taxidermist and a ghost hunting Scientist Saturday: Diatoms crew. Discover decomposition, practice preservation and geek Saturday, August 17, 1–4 p.m. out over gravestones. Come in costume or come as you are Dinos After Dark for a scarily fun evening featuring frightfully good food and an Friday, August 23, 4–8 p.m. open bar. Museum Open Early: Access to Science Sunday, August 25, 9 a.m. Dinos After Dark Friday, October 25, 4–8 p.m. Butterflies Closed for Refresh Monday, August 26–Friday, September 6

Unless otherwise noted, all events held at the Academy SEPTEMBER are free with museum admission. College Fest Visit ansp.org for more information or to register. Saturday, September 7, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. * Fee for Dinosaurs Around the World. Family Plus members and above see this exhibit for free. Grandparents Day, Bring Your Favorite Adult for Free Sunday, September 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Purchase, upgrade or renew your membership today at ansp.org/membership. Smithsonian Museum Day Saturday, September 21, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free for members Scientist Saturday: Fossils Saturday, September 21, 1–4 p.m. Fee

Dinos After Dark Friday, September 27, 4–8 p.m. Registration required

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Academy Scientists Announce New Species By Emily Storz

The continued discovery and documentation of new species shows life on Earth can still surprise us — and it’s clear that conservation and proper cohabitation of this world is increasingly important. Scientists at the Academy helped discover and recently published a few new slimy, shelled and fossilized species. Below is a brief look at the newly discovered fish, algae and mollusks — all recently added to the catalog of life. Sam Bunson Sam Rick McCourt/ANS Partial skull of Eusthenopteron jenkinsi viewed from the front and Ochlochaete incrustans from above.

aleontologist Ted Daeschler, PhD, and his colleagues have Puncovered a treasure trove of Late Devonian-age (375 million otanist Richard M. McCourt, PhD, was part of a team years old) fossils from Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Those Bthat encountered a rare and unusual green alga during collections include a new species of lobe-finned fish that they a broad survey of California’s stream algae. The specimen recently named to honor their late colleague, Farish A. Jenkins, represented a new species of the primarily marine genus Jr. The new species, Eusthenopteron jenkinsi, is part of a group Ochlochaete. Ochlochaete incrustans grows in dense, lime- of aquatic predators from the Late Devonian that were closely encrusted mats in fast-flowing streams. related to the earliest limbed animals. McCourt is curator of botany and director of the Center for Daeschler is curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Academy and Systematic Biology and Evolution at the Academy. He is associate professor in the Drexel University Department of professor in the Drexel University Department of Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science. Earth & Environmental Science.

6 Academy Frontiers BEHIND THE SCENES Marvin Altamia Reuben Shipway Tamilokus mabinia alacologist Gary Rosenberg, PhD, was part of team that Rosenberg is Pilsbry Chair of Malacology at the Academy and Mdescribed a new and anatomically divergent genus and professor in the Drexel University Department of Biodiversity, species of wood-boring bivalve (Teredinidae) from the Philippines, Earth & Environmental Science. named Tamilokus mabinia. Including Tamilokus, the total number of genera in this economically and environmentally important group of wood-boring bivalves grows to 17. L.M. Sousa Mark Sabaj/ANS Holotype of Platydoras birindellii

chthyologist Mark Sabaj, PhD, was part of a team of honor the 20 indigenous peoples in the Xingu Basin who consider Iresearchers that uncovered a new species of Platydoras from the river to be sacred. Despite their small adult size (less than 1.5 the Rio Xingu Basin in Brazil. Named for Brazilian colleague centimeters in length), female xinguana brood young and release José Birindelli, Platydoras birindellii is commonly found them into the environment as tiny shelled juveniles less than one in rocky clearwater rapids and is identified, in part, by its millimeter long. The two new species belong to the same family uniformly dusky fins. as the zebra mussel (Dreissendae), a species native to Europe and Sabaj was also involved in the discovery of two new species widely invasive in U.S. of minute bivalves from the rapids of clearwater tributaries to the lower Amazon River. The name cordilineata is derived from Sabaj is curator of ichthyology at the Academy. His work the Latin words cordis (heart) and lineatus (marked with lines), described above was part of the iXingu Project funded by the which references the distinctive shape and color pattern of the National Science Foundation. new species. The second minute bivalve, xinguana, is named to

Spring/Summer 2019 7 Nathan Rice/ANS H. THE GREAT UNVEILING: Amazonian Birds Added to Academy Collection By Mary Alice Hartsock

left to right: Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira), House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea), Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris), Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) ,Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) Jason Weckstein/ANS Jason

8 8 Academy Academy Frontiers Frontiers n a quiet Friday afternoon in early April, 15 people packed into the Acad- Oemy’s Serengeti diorama for a party. It wasn’t an ordinary celebration orna- mented with twinkle lights, gowns and cocktails. In fact, the attire was casual, and a slightly musty aroma lingered in the air. But there were feathers, and lots of them, imported from across the world. The event was a Brazilian birds unveiling party, the first of its kind at the Acad- emy. Ornithologists Jason Weckstein and Nate Rice had brought back the first cache of birds from the country to be added to the Academy’s Ornithology Collection since the 1920s. The scientists and their colleagues collected and preserved the birds, along with thousands of tissue and parasite samples, during three collaborative expeditions to the region. Weckstein and Rice were more than eager to show off their finds. They had not glimpsed the birds since the team collected the specimens in the field and pro- cessed and preserved them for transport to the Museu Goeldi in Belém, Brazil, and the Academy. For more than a year since collection, the bird specimens had remained in storage alongside the world’s largest collection of Amazonian birds at the Museu Goeldi. Now the onlookers, including fellow scientists and Acad- emy supporters, were jostling for an initial look at the Academy’s share of these beautiful specimens. The researchers had a captive audience, and they began their narrative.

In November 2015 and the summers of 2016 and 2017, researchers from the Museu Goeldi, Universidade do Pará, the University of North Dakota, The Field Museum and the Academy traveled to the world’s largest lowland tropical forest wilderness to survey birds and their parasites. One of their goals was to analyze genetic data for the birds and their parasites and to reconstruct their evolutionary histories. They visited several remote locations, all sites where no one has collected and analyzed birds and their para- sites in modern times.

Some of these locations are so isolated that the birds that live within them cannot leave, which makes these areas ideal for studying the evolution of species over time. Surrounded by rivers on all sides, the birds spend most of their lives in the forest understory. Their wings do not allow them to travel long distances or cross open water to breed outside their region. These geographic barriers create areas of endemism, in which certain regions (often surrounded by water) harbor species that are found nowhere else in the world.

Spring/Summer 2019 9 Of course, to find birds that, due to their geography, cannot leave an area, the research- ers had to travel far off the beaten path. On one particular trip, Weckstein, Rice and colleagues took two flights to reach Porto Velho, Rondoñia, Brazil. They then used four-wheel drive trucks and high-clearance vehicles to travel an unpaved section of the Trans-Amazonian Highway, which culminates at the town of Lábrea. Deeply rutted and tacky with mud, the treacherous 120-mile stretch of road took nearly a day to navigate.

The crew set up camp in a wooden cabin on the forest edge 10 miles outside Lábrea, alongside a small tributary of the Rio Purús. During their two week stay, they collected bird study skins, tissue samples and parasites from nearly 400 birds. They took notes on the prevalence and intensity of parasite infections, documenting how many hosts carried the parasites and the degree to which these hosts were infected. They closely documented where the birds were found, their physical characteristics, what was in their stomachs and other important data.

Their diligence paid off when they uncovered species new to the Academy’s extremely comprehensive Ornithology Collection and new material for the Museu Goeldi’s extensive collection as well. The specimens they collected will serve many purposes today and in the future, including providing data for a number of collaborative projects with their Brazil- ian colleagues on the diversity of malarial parasites across the world. Specimens collected from the project are now housed in both the Museu Goeldi’s and Academy’s collections.

Former Academy post-doctoral researcher Alan Fecchio, now at Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso in Cuiaba, Brazil, Academy postdoctoral researcher Spencer Galen and Weckstein are conducting one such study of malarial parasites in birds. Co-operative education students from Drexel University are staining blood films for microscopy and extracting DNA from the samples collected in Brazil. Brazilian graduate students work- ing in the Academy’s Ornithology Department and Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Ecology are using these specimens for their dissertation projects.

The researchers hope to gain a better understanding of the basic principles of how pathogens and parasites are transmitted and evolve. After all, the more we know about parasites and their relationships with their hosts, the better prepared we will be to under- stand how parasite diversity is generated and maintained. We may gain insights on how diseases and parasites travel between birds and even between wildlife and humans.

left to right: Black-chinned Antbird (female) (Hypocnemoides melanopogon), Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus striaticollis), Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolorus), Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), Common Tody Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) Jason Weckstein/ANS Jason

10 Academy Frontiers DID YOU KNOW? Parasites aren’t all bad! “Parasites are often only negative in especially high numbers,” Curator of Ornithology Jason Weckstein says. “If you remove one type of a parasite from an environment, another species could take over, and we don’t necessarily know what could happen. An ecological imbalance in parasite communities could wreak havoc.”

Above: Point-tailed Palm Creeper (Berlepschia rikeri)

Academy scientists worked in partnership with colleagues from the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi and Universidade do Pará during three collaborative expeditions for a joint project funded by the National Science Foundation and cosponsored by the Brazilian National Science Foundation. Also pictured here are colleagues from University of North Dakota and the Field Museum. Vasyl V. TkachVasyl V.

Spring/Summer 2019 11 FROM THE LIBRARY

A Relic of Botany History By Bridget Arthur Clancy, Cataloging and Serials Librarian

he Academy Library contains a treasure trove of titles — Trare, unusual and important for research. Friends and supporters contact us regularly regarding book donations, and though we appreciate the consideration, we often decline because a title is already in our holdings. Occasionally, though, something is offered that we don’t already own and that perfectly complements our collections. Early this spring, we were contacted by a volunteer in our Entomology Department whose friend had purchased a book at an estate sale and thought it might be an excellent addition to the library. The title on offer, Dr. Carl Ludwig Willdenow’s Anleitung zum Selbststudium der Botanik: ein Handbuch zu öffentlichen Vorlesungen (Dr. Carl Ludwig Willdenow’s Guide to Self-Study of Botany: A Handbook for Public Lectures, 1822) was not in our holdings, though we have other items related to Willdenow, as well as Willdenowia, the journal that bears his name. WOLF ROOM QK 45.W68 1822

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Willdenow is a major figure in the field of botany, considered to be the individual who laid the foundation for the field of phytogeography (the geographical distribution of plants). His father introduced him to the study of plants at a young age, and by his teenage years, he had created his own herbarium. As a young man, he pursued further studies in chemistry with one of the leading scientists in Berlin. His formal education focused on pharmacy and medicine, and upon completion of his studies, he took over his father’s apothecary in Berlin. By 1787, Willdenow had published a flora of Berlin. He was well-known for his informal lectures on botany and for leading small groups on field trips around the city. In 1788, he met German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and the two became lifelong friends, with Willdenow becoming a mentor to the young scientist. Though Willdenow seldom left Germany during his lifetime, he described numerous plants sent to him by von Humboldt from the latter’s travels in South America. His reputation increased when he published the introductory textbook Grundriss der Kräuterkunde zu Vorlesungen entworfen (Outlines of Herbalism, Designed for Lectures) in 1792, intended to replace Linnaeus’ work Philosophia botanica (The Philosophy of Botany, 1751), considered obsolete at the time. In 1801, Willdenow was named the principal botanist at the Berlin Academy of Sciences, as well as curator at the Berlin Botanical Garden. During his curatorship, the botanical garden became one of the most comprehensive in Europe. He traveled to Paris in 1810 to assist von Humboldt, but illness forced his return to Berlin shortly after his arrival. He died in 1812, soon after being named a professor at the new University of Berlin. The item donated to the library is relatively small and is in excellent condition, with only minor deterioration of the pages and a slightly worn spine. The back of the book contains four plates with colors just as vibrant as they likely were upon initial publication. Though we were thrilled to add this book to our holdings, we were yet to discover the most exciting aspects of the donation. There are several handwritten notations on the inside flyleaf, giving us some indication of the book’s provenance through 1909. Additionally, while cataloging the book, we discovered that the Academy’s library is one of only 11 libraries in the world to hold this title — and only one of four libraries in North America! Since its publication in 1822, this small volume has clearly done some traveling. Though we will never know the complete story of its past, its future resides in our library.

Spring/Summer 2019 13 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Mark Sabaj/ANS

LYNN AND TONY HITSCHLER: Stewards of a Stream

t was a sunny day in April 2018 in “We invited the Academy to come assess property, which has been legally protected. Ia peaceful section of Ridley Creek. the stream because we were curious about They have learned how to plant properly Bass, trout, sunfish, fallfish, minnows the real health of the stream, how much along stream banks to maintain streamside and common shiners swam along a slow, life it supported, the quality of the water insect populations and have avoided clear rippling current. American eels slithered and the biodiversity within the stream,” cutting to prevent stream bank erosion. along the stream’s muddy bottom, and says Lynn. “Every stream goes to a river, and mayflies buzzed along the reedy banks. Both Tony, who was previously involved rivers go to the oceans,” Lynn says. “We Suddenly, the water parted and a rubber with the Nature Conservancy, and Lynn, understand the value of a stream that has boot appeared, followed by another, and who is on the board of American Rivers, been protected.” another. A team of Academy scientists are members of the Academy’s Lewis and The Hitschlers wanted to know if was wading into the river, gear in hand, Clark Circle of Giving. As avid fishermen their work had paid off, so they invited to capture this tranquil moment in time. and passionate naturalists, they have been Academy fish scientists Rich Horwitz, They were there thanks to Academy supporting the Academy since the mid- Paul Overbeck and Mark Sabaj to assess members Lynn and Tony Hitschler, on 1970s. The Hitschlers are adamant about and record the species in the stream. They whose Chester County property this scene being good stewards of the environment, also brought in Lauren McGrath and Nora was unfolding. including the waters that run through their Deramo from Willistown Conservation

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Trust to identify aquatic insects. They density and species composition. They seed and redbreast sunfishes, bluegills, invited friends and relatives to bring made sure everyone understood what minnows, common shiners and many more their children to participate in the stream they were doing and why, and then they species, it took the scientists nearly a full day electrofishing and to learn from the work. helped the children scoop fish into to assess and record their finds. “We wanted the kids to experience the nets, handle them carefully, identify Not only were the Hitschlers and their knowledge of the scientists and to actually them, measure them and record the friends thrilled to work alongside the see, touch, feel and hear about what was information for science. scientists, but they also learned that their being discovered in this little part of the “It was magical, sticking your hand stewardship of the stream is well worth world that we all work so hard to protect,” into the belly of mother nature,” Lynn their effort. The Academy returned this Lynn says. says. “What stood out to us were the spring to reassess the stream and record Everyone — from the scientists to teaching abilities of the scientists. They how its biodiversity is changing over time. the Hitschlers to the children — put were so communicative and helpful at When it comes to their property, on waders and gear and got into the teaching everyone, from the very young cultivating the stream is among their water. The scientists explained how and to the very old.” highest priorities. “It is our mission as why you electrofish a stream, which Even the scientists were surprised at the caretakers of this stream for a period involves sending an electric current into variety of life they found in the stream. With of time until we pass it on to the next the water to temporarily stun (but not an abundance of American eels (some 2 feet generation,” Lynn says. “We are very injure) the fish to assess abundance, long!), white suckers, rock bass, pumpkin- fortunate.” ~Mary Alice Hartsock

The Hitschlers invited children of friends Academy scientist Paul Overbeck measures a 20-year-old American eel. and family members so they could witness science in action. Mark Sabaj/ANS Semotilus corporalis (fallfish) Luxilus cornutus (common shiner) Lepomis auritus (redbreast sunfish)

Spring/Summer 2019 15 ACADEMY SUPPORT

On behalf of the Academy’s Board of Trustees, we wish to recognize and thank those who have contributed new gifts and pledges to the Academy between August 16, 2018 and May 15, 2019. Your generosity helps to fund our many programs of research and education, and we are tremendously grateful for your support.

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We would especially like to recognize those who have joined or renewed their support in the Academy’s Leadership Circles of Giving between August 16, 2018 and May 15, 2019.

JEFFERSON CIRCLE LEIDY CIRCLE PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Mr. J. Frederick Merz Jr. Jacqui and Dave Griffith Sheila and Myron Bassman Franny and Franny Abbott Karen and William Mestichelli Mrs. Jane C. MacElree Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh and Mr. and Mrs. James O. Moore Mr. Allen J. Model and Karen and Wayne Lattuca Mr. Jeffrey T. Harbison Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Moore Dr. Roberta E. Gausas Edward A. Montgomery Jr. Mrs. Ellen Asplundh Dr. and Mrs. Donald Morel Ms. Alexandra U. Moede Mr. and Mrs. Ranney Moran Jane and John Bales Ms. Diane L. Myer Mr. and Mrs. Seymour S. Preston III Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Pestronk Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey Meg Clifton North and Victor North Constance and Sankey Williams Gretchen and Jay Riley Susan and Mark Brousseau Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Nyheim Dr. John P. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. O’Connor DARWIN CIRCLE Ivy Silver and Steven Leshner Dr. Erica Carpenter and Mr. Joseph A. O’Connor Jr. Mary and Peter Austen Judith Soltz and Richard Belas Mr. Robert Carpenter Joseph O’Hare and Wallace Beard Jeffrey A. Beachell Suzanne and Robert Welsh Cheryl and Radcliffe Cheston Mr. and Mrs. Lanny R. Patten Amy Branch and Jeff Benoliel Mr. B. Robert DeMento Cindy and Katie Pizziketti Lois and Julian Brodsky LEWIS AND CLARK CIRCLE Gene and Charles Dilks Mr. and Mrs. George Putnam III Amy and R. Putnam Coes III Mr. and Mrs. John A. Affleck Mrs. Edward V. Dillon Margaret and Tom Ralph Abbie and Patrick Dean Mrs. Carolyn R. Aller Mrs. Sandra Drayer and Michael Reed and Yalta Gilmore-Reed Patty and Rob Delany Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Archer The Honorable Calvin S. Drayer Rosalind Remer and James Green Ralph C. Eagle Jr., M.D. Joseph F. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Eagleson Jr. Dr. Ann F. Rhoads and Marilyn Fishman and William Shaw Mulherin Barbara Edelstein Mr. Paul L. Rhoads James MacElderry Jean G. Bodine Eleanor and Thomas Elkinton Jennifer Merves Robbins and Cynthia and Martin Heckscher Mr. and Mrs. R. Kent Cadwalader Neal and Heidi Feigles Brian Robbins Jun Huangpu and Xia Li Susan and Cummins Catherwood Mrs. Marilyn Forney Bonnie and Elliott Rosenberg Linda and Tom McCarthy Suzanne and Charles W. Cruit Scott Goldman and Maryalice Cheney Andrea Rowe and Benjamin Stahl Katie and Bill McNabb Emily and Ted Daeschler Dr. Janice T. Gordon Julie Stone and Michael Rueter Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Peck Mrs. Nancy B. Davis Drs. Vivian and Mark Greenberg Anne and Fritz Schumann Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Rorer Rodney D. Day III Dr. Gail W. Hearn Joanne and Bruce Shanzer Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Rorer Mrs. June P. Felley Nancy and Alan Hirsig Joseph Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. John Jeming Soroko Pamela and David B. Ford Mr. Dennis Hummel Dr. Randi Leavitt and Mrs. Corinne J. Stahl Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Foulke Mr. and Mrs. Craig N. Johnson Dr. Robert E. Silverman Bob Victor and Alexandra Edsall Joanne T. Greenspun* Mr. and Mrs. John G. Johnson Jr. Sidney and Stewart Spahr Mrs. Jane W. Walker Mr. and Mrs. W. Anthony Hitschler Kenneth Kulak and Katherine Hovde Mrs. Joly W. Stewart Nancy and Kenneth Warren Mrs. Elizabeth P. McLean John Lehman and Christine Carlson James C. Stretch Ms. Sandra Lee McLean Mr. Carter R. Leidy Patricia Tyson Stroud Martha H. and I. Wistar Morris III Joanna McNeil Lewis Anna and Menno Tas Timothy Nugent and Maxine S. Lewis John A. Terrill and Mary Jane Barrett Rebecca Calder-Nugent Sarah and Ted Lodge Dr. and Mrs. Peter D. Utsinger Sean Rhoads and Keri Fisher Eric Luthi Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilmerding Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Scheller Susan and Samuel Madeira Jean and John Witmer Mr. and Mrs. James L. Van Alen Minturn T. Wright III

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READING LIST: Taking Care of the Environment By Mary Alice Hartsock

As a member of the Academy (and an inhabitant of actions to your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews our planet), you probably care deeply about keeping or friends? How will you help to prepare the next the environment clean. You likely take steps to be an generation to work hard to make the planet a more environmental steward, perhaps rinsing and sorting sustainable place? your recycling, composting, conserving water, reusing Whether you’re seeking a starting point for items and more. You may even encourage members conversation, you want to further your own knowledge or of your household to do the same. But have you you’re looking to join a global movement, the reading list considered how to explain the importance of these below will help you find a place to start.

TODDLER THROUGH PRE-K 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World By Melanie Walsh

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World gives very young children (and their adults) a foundation from which to begin talking about conserving natural resources. Made from 100% recycled material, the book will catch the attention of little ones through touch- worthy die-cut pages, lift-the-flap design and kid-friendly illustrations. In addition to tips such as planting seeds, recycling and turning off the faucet, 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World provides simple, tangible explanations of how certain actions will make a difference.

You and your toddler may also enjoy reading The Earth Book by Todd Parr.

K–2 Compost Stew By Mary McKenna Siddals

Composting enables you to turn your organic waste — items such as fruit peels, food scraps, coffee grounds, leaves and more — into a resource that can help nourish your soil and spruce up your yard. At the same time, you can prevent the very same items from being thrown into a landfill, where they will break down slowly and produce methane, contributing directly to global warming. This fun, rhyming ABC book takes readers through items that could be used to make compost but that may otherwise be thrown away. Naming an alphabet’s worth of items from apple cores and eggshells (crushed, of course) to dryer lint and zinnia heads, Compost Stew is an excellent tool to get youngsters interested in what happens to our “trash.”

Your child may also like Why Water’s Worth It by Lori Harrison.

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GRADES 2–5 One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia By Miranda Paul Set in Njau, Gambia, and based on the life of Isatou Ceesay, Miranda Paul’s One Plastic Bag portrays what can happen when a cheap, convenient item is improperly discarded, time after time. Broken basket cast aside, young Isatou carries her fruits in a found plastic bag. When it tears, she “drops it to the dirt like everyone does.” Over the years, however, Isatou sees this garbage multiply and resolves to make a change. Eventually, she brings others to support her work and upcycle alongside her. Artist Elizabeth Zunon’s collage illustrations from recycled materials echo the book’s focus on turning trash to treasure.

Your young reader may also like Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lowler.

LATE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming By Laurie David and Cambria Gordon

This easily digestible guide takes readers through the science behind climate change and describes a host of ways that kids can make a difference, from recycling to choosing careers in the field of sustainability. Co-authored by Laurie David, the Oscar-winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth, and Cambria Gordon, it is packed full of photographs, graphs, cartoons and other illustrations that help illuminate this complex topic for younger audiences. The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming leaves kids feeling empowered and prepared to spur change in their homes, schools and communities.

Your middle-school reader may also be interested in Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns.

TEENS AND ADULTS Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Ed. Paul Hawken In Drawdown, an international coalition of researchers, professionals and scientists offers a set of practical solutions to climate change. Through a collection of short, accessible essays, editor Paul Hawken identifies 100 economically viable actions that are already in effect around the globe. He makes the case for how, if deployed on a global scale over the next three decades, these solutions could help us to reach drawdown — the point in time at which greenhouse gasses peak and begin to decline on a year-to-year basis. From girls’ education, plant-rich diets and reducing food waste to solar energy and improved land use practices, Drawdown offers a truly wide-ranging and upbeat take on reversing global warming. Available in the Academy Shop.

Teens may also enjoy The Green Teen: The Eco-Friendly Teen’s Guide to Saving the Planet by Jenn Savedge and Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-friendly Life by Linda Sivertsen and Tosh Sivertsen.

Adults may also be interested in The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells.

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Experience Nature Through Reading

Reading as a family can be an excellent gateway to the natural world. Step Gently Out by Helen Frost and Rick Lieder encourages an exploration of the insect world. Featuring macro photography and poetic text, the book asks readers to consider what would happen if they looked at the outside world in a different way — quietly and carefully. Find a copy of the book at your local library. Then step outside with your family for a closer look at bees, spiders, fireflies and more. Don’t have the book on hand? No problem! Follow the prompts below and learn about nature on your own.

Take a trip to your local park. Watch for a bee flying through the Let’s get moving. Take a walk Sit quietly in a grassy area. Fix air. Answer the following questions. through the park. Find a spider- your eyes on a patch of grass or Ÿ Do you hear the bee making web! a flower bed. Then answer the noise as it flies around? Ÿ How many threads can you see? following questions: Ÿ Where do you think it is going? Ÿ Can you count them? Ÿ How many colors do you see? Ÿ Where might it be coming from? Ÿ What do you think the spider uses Ÿ What plants do you see? Ÿ What is the bee doing? its web for? Ÿ What animal(s) do you see? Ÿ Now find the bee in your copy of Is there a spider in the web? Ÿ How big are they? Step Gently Out. Ÿ Do you see any other insects in Ÿ What kinds of animals do you If you look closely at the back legs the spider’s web? think they are? of the bee in the picture, you’ll Ÿ How big is the spider that made Ÿ Do the animals look soft or spiky? see a yellow lump attached to its the web? Ÿ How are the animals interacting legs. What you’re looking at is this Ÿ How do you think it would feel to with the plants? bee’s very full pollen basket, or walk on a skinny thread like this corbicula. As a bee collects pollen animal? to bring back to the hive, pollen gets stuck to its body. Some bees Can you find the spider and use their front legs to push the spiderweb in your copy of Step pollen toward their back legs. Their Gently Out? back legs have specialized hair-like Spider silk is an amazing areas that the pollen is packed into substance, and spiders produce it to keep it safe and secure for the for different reasons and use it in flight back to the hive. different ways. Some spiders, like the orb-weaver spider in the book, spin sticky webs to catch their food — though they can produce both sticky and non-sticky silk when they are constructing their webs! Some spiders, like many of the tarantulas that live at the Academy, use their silk to line their burrows. The trapdoor spider goes one step further, making a type of hinged door to its burrow out of silk and bits of plants. Many spiders wrap their eggs in spider silk until they’re ready to hatch. Isabelle Betancourt Isabelle Leafcutting bees (Megachilidae) have hairs for collecting pollen on the underside of their abdomens.

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Take an active role in caring for the planet. Test your knowledge, and color the picture to help your family become your neighborhood's top recycler!

What do you know about taking care of the world? 12 Complete the crossword below! DOWN 1. To use again or more than once 2. Decayed organic material used as a

plant fertilizer 345 4. A place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it 7. To make smaller or create less 678 8. The planet on which we live; the world

ACROSS 3. Converting waste into reusable material 5. Decomposition animal with a slender, soft body and no limbs 6. The surroundings in which a person, animal or plant lives

Recycling Challenge

Water bottles and magazines and aluminum cans, oh my! What items does your family recycle? Draw these items in and around the recycle bin, and then post this page by your family's recycle bin to help them learn more about how they can help.

Christine Danowsky/ANS

: 3. Recycle 5. Worm 6. Environment 6. Worm 5. Recycle 3. : across Earth; 8. Reduce 7. Landfill 4. Compost 2. Reuse 1. : down

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