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New Academy Exhibit Celebrates the Beauty of the Natural World through Incredible Wildlife Photography

The exhibit will feature winning images from the BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition.

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Five new trustees are pictured in close-cropped headshots

Clockwise from top left: Priya David Clemens, Will Evers, Staci Slaughter, Ahmed Muhammad, Enkhush Amarbal.

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Trustees

For the first time, the cohort includes two college student Youth Trustees.

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Artist rendering of the icy Europa moon surface, with spacecraft and Jupiter in the background

Artist rendering of the Europa Clipper mission.

California Academy of Sciences to host NASA’s exhibit “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” Sept. 4-9, 2024

Gear up for the Oct. 2024 mission launch with interactive exhibits, captivating models, and NASA experts on hand

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Estefanía Pihen González is pictured outdoors in a white blazer and blue blouse.
California Academy of Sciences Announces New Chief of Education and Learning

Estefanía Pihen González brings over 15 years of experience in sustainability education in diverse communities.

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Leadership
Letter to the California Academy of Sciences Community
July 1, 2024

An organizational update for donors, members, and visitors.

NightLife LIVE performers in the West Garden, 2023.
Programs & Events
NightLife takes live music to the next level with weekly concert series, Remix, this August at the California Academy of Sciences
June 27, 2024

Four-part concert series features leading artists in hip hop, rock, R&B, indie pop, and jazz.

Thousands of monarch butterflies cluster on fir branches in a forest streaked with sunlight.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
Winning images from the California Academy of Sciences’s 11th annual BigPicture photography competition announced
June 18, 2024

Audiences can now vote in the first-ever People's Choice competition, awarding the world's best nature photos.

Olivia Van Damme lays atop a tidepooling rock and uses her phone to photograph a species for city nature challenge.
Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
Coastal bioblitz ‘Snapshot Cal Coast’ to provide a living account of sea life on California’s epic coastline
May 30, 2024

Snapshot Cal Coast encourages people from Del Norte to San Diego to connect with nature and explore the outdoors

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