Academy members of all ages are invited to join our researchers to learn about macroinvertebrates and why they’re so important. In the 1940s, Academy researcher Dr. Ruth Patrick developed a method of assessing the health of a waterway by studying the life found within it, including macroinvertebrates (insects, crayfish, snails and more). Nearly 80 years later, studying the macroinvertebrates collected from a waterway is still a fundamental component of water quality research.

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