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Estefanía Pihen González brings over 15 years of experience in sustainability education in diverse communities.
Browse the latest news from the Academy’s Press Office.
Estefanía Pihen González brings over 15 years of experience in sustainability education in diverse communities.
An organizational update for donors, members, and visitors.
Four-part concert series features leading artists in hip hop, rock, R&B, indie pop, and jazz.
Audiences can now vote in the first-ever People's Choice competition, awarding the world's best nature photos.
A brownbanded bamboo shark lays viable egg—with healthy pup—after 45-month seclusion from males.
In 2014, the California Academy of Sciences added 221 new plant and animal species to our family tree.
Upcoming planetarium show takes audiences on a journey through the vast networks of life on Earth.
Academy scientists use next-generation sequencing technology to refine a turtle “tree of life.”
Recent hatches highlight the success of captive breeding programs in sustaining genetically healthy populations.
iNaturalist.org's new series of maps connects the network's community to the natural world like never before.
Dr. Michelle Trautwein lends fly expertise to study on the evolution of insects.
The Osher Fellows program is an extension of more than 30 years of support from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
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