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Three people stand/crouch at a tidepool in california during city nature challenge, in which they use iphones to take pictures of flora and fauna for inaturalist.
California Academy of Sciences Receives $3 million Grant for Biodiversity and Community Science from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The grant will help communities, researchers, and the government work together on state conservation efforts.

Great blue heron by the Golden Gate Bridge.
City Nature Challenge records 2.4 million wildlife observations from more than 83,000 participants in a single weekend

Data from community scientists informs species conservation, enhances understanding of global biodiversity.

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Jack Dumbacher stands against a sunlit cluster of trees near Caples Creek, wearing a striped button down shirt and a wide brimmed hat.

Since 2003, Jack Dumbacher has served as the Academy's curator of ornithology and mammalogy, using both fieldwork and collections to advance research on birds worldwide. Gayle Laird © California Academy of Sciences

Ornithologist Jack Dumbacher Named a Patterson Scholar at California Academy of Sciences

The curator of birds and mammals is recognized for his collaborative research on biodiversity and conservation.

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A dead gray whale rests on a beach on Angel Island with the ocean right behind it, Golden Gate Bridge and a tugboat visible in the background.

The deceased gray whale rests on Angel Island as researchers prepare for a necropsy. Photo courtesy Barbie Halaska, Marine Mammal Center

Vessel Strike is Likely Cause of Death for Gray Whale Near Alameda

The whale’s death is the first in the San Francisco Bay Area since the end of the Unusual Mortality Event.

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BigPicture Competition Grand Prize winner

Grand-prize winner "The Luckiest Penguin," by Paul Souders, grand-prize winner of the 2014 BigPicture Competition

Exhibits, Programs & Events
Academy Opens Its First Major Photography Exhibit: BigPicture
January 1, 2014

From Aug. 1 to Nov. 2, the Academy will display winning images from its inaugural photo competition, BigPicture.

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Underwater photo from the 2014 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
Expedition to the “Center of the Center” of Marine Biodiversity
January 1, 2014

In its largest diving expedition, Academy scientists traveled to the Philippines' Verde Island Passage.

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The Etendeka round-eared sengi in Namibia
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
New Species of Mammal Discovered By Academy Scientists
January 1, 2014

Round-eared elephant-shrew found in Namibia represents newest addition to the order Macroscelidea.

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Hemidactylus principensis, a new gecko species.
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
91 New Species Described in 2013
December 20, 2013

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 91 new plant and animal species and two new genera.

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Meg Lowman in the canopy.
Leadership, Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences Selects Dr. Meg Lowman As Inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability
November 18, 2013

Meet Dr. Meg Lowman, the Academy's inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability.

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Leadership
California Academy of Sciences Welcomes New Fellows, Bestows Annual Awards
October 4, 2013

Meet the new Academy Fellows for 2013.

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Leadership
Nine New Members Elected to Serve on the California Academy of Sciences’ Board of Trustees
September 27, 2013

Meet the nine new members of the California Academy of Sciences' Board of Trustees.

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Leadership
Executive Director Gregory Farrington Announces Plans to Retire in July 2014
September 25, 2013

Gregory C. Farrington announces retirement after seven years as executive director.

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