{"id":241619,"date":"2026-07-12T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241619\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:11:44","slug":"roach-races-return-to-the-academy-of-natural-sciences-during-bug-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241619\/","title":{"rendered":"Roach races return to the Academy of Natural Sciences during Bug Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"600\" data-start=\"470\">Cockroaches will race once again when Bug Fest returns to the Academy of Natural Sciences on Saturday, Aug. 8, and Sunday, Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"964\" data-start=\"602\">The museum&#8217;s annual celebration of insects and other invertebrates runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and will feature the return of its popular Roach Races, along with scientist-led Bug Walks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, hands-on activities and opportunities to learn about the tiny creatures that help keep ecosystems healthy. All Bug Fest activities are included with general museum admission.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1254\" data-start=\"966\">Attendees can view rare and recently discovered insects from the Academy&#8217;s Entomology Collection, meet researchers, create bug-themed crafts in the Busy Bees Kids Zone and explore the museum&#8217;s native plant garden while learning about pollinators and the role they play in the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ansp.org\/experience\/events\/bug-fest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bug Fest 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1254\" data-start=\"966\">Aug. 8-9 | 10 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<br \/>Academy of Natural Sciences<br \/>1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy <br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19103<br \/>Included with general admission<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1254\" data-start=\"966\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cockroaches will race once again when Bug Fest returns to the Academy of Natural Sciences on Saturday, Aug.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57966,91736,12925,69,71,70,8039],"class_list":["post-241619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-academy-of-natural-sciences","tag-bugs","tag-festivals","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}