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Featured partners of NightLife Says Who

Top row (from left): Alex Hanna, Amy Fiedler, Aurora Cortes, Christine Cordero, Christine Liu, Deniss Martinez. Middle row (from left): Francesca Fiorentini, Kel Larkin, Naomi Garcia, Naomi Maisel, Nia Imara, Olivia VanDamme. Bottom row (from left): Panda Dulce, Rebekah Kim, Sarah Shimazaki, Sthefany Galante Bautista, VERA!, Walter Kitundu.

California Academy of Sciences launches all-new NightLife series: Says Who?

Three-part series uplifts systematically excluded voices in science and questions “storyteller privilege."

Yellow-crowned night heron from Texas
City Nature Challenge records over 1,870,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend

More than 66,300 community scientists participate in the Challenge's eighth year.

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Children measure a Sauropod femur.

Kids get a sense of Sauropod size with a glimpse at a huge fossil replica femur.

The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, an exciting exhibition about super-sized Sauropods, opens May 26 at the California Academy of Sciences

New exhibit delves into the biology and behavior of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk earth.

An iNaturalist user documents an observation on Yerba Buena Island.
Community scientists across the globe compete in City Nature Challenge, April 28 - May 1, 2023

Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.

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Programs & Events
Academy to host SuperNatural Halloween on October 23
September 24, 2015

Annual Halloween party will feature trick-or-treating, live animal demos, planetarium shows, and more.

Lauren Esposito
Science & Sustainability
Academy welcomes newest curator; appoints new Schlinger Chair of Arachnology
September 21, 2015

The California Academy of Sciences appoints Lauren Esposito, PhD, as its newest arachnology curator.

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Leadership, Science & Sustainability
Dr. Jill Tarter elected President of the Academy; eight new members join Board of Trustees
September 16, 2015

The Academy elects Dr. Jill Tarter as President; welcomes eight new members to Board of Trustees.

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Programs & Events
October 2015: Programs and Events at the California Academy of Sciences
September 15, 2015

Take a peek at the wonders that await in October!

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Education
The California Academy of Sciences takes groundbreaking afterschool science clubs nationwide
September 15, 2015

Afterschool programs nationwide are enjoying exciting new science-rich content, straight from the Academy.

Zeray Alemseged in Ethiopia
Science & Sustainability
Scientists say African ape-like primate is likely evolutionary link between humans and chimpanzees
September 5, 2015

3D shape analysis of primate shoulder blades answers longstanding questions about our oldest ancestor.

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LPSO mating

A male and female larger Pacific striped octopus align suckers during mating. Photo © Roy Caldwell

Animal News, Science & Sustainability
Rare octopus shocks scientists with unusual mating and reproductive strategies
August 10, 2015

A little-known octopus excites scientists with surprising and rare mating behaviors.

Zsolt Kudich
Exhibits, Science & Sustainability
BigPicture natural world photography exhibit opens July 31, 2015
July 1, 2015

New exhibit highlights award-winning nature and conservation images.

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