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Featured Releases
Annual community science effort returns for its seventh year of documenting coastal biodiversity in California
Hope for Reefs joins global network of Ocean Decade partners dedicated to reversing the decline of Earth’s ocean
BigPicture Photography Competition announces Grand Prize winning image
Annual City Nature Challenge surpasses 1,690,000 wildlife observations in its seventh year.
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Education, Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
March 3, 2014
Science Today app keeps finger on the pulse of science news with engaging videos and original articles.
Education, Exhibits
February 26, 2014
Every skull tells a story. By examining skulls, scientists learn how vertebrate animals live, die, and evolve.
Education, Science & Sustainability
January 28, 2014
Our new digital learning course "Biodiversity" is available for free to science enthusiasts around the world.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
January 1, 2014
From Aug. 1 to Nov. 2, the Academy will display winning images from its inaugural photo competition, BigPicture.
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
January 1, 2014
Round-eared elephant-shrew found in Namibia represents newest addition to the order Macroscelidea.
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
January 1, 2014
In its largest diving expedition, Academy scientists traveled to the Philippines' Verde Island Passage.
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
December 20, 2013
Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 91 new plant and animal species and two new genera.
Leadership, Science & Sustainability
November 18, 2013
Meet Dr. Meg Lowman, the Academy's inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability.
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