Please note: The Academy will close at 3 pm on Thursday, April 18, for Big Bang Gala.
Dive into the treasures housed in the Academy's Research Library, from vintage photographs, digitized field notes, and other delightful discoveries.
April 10, 2013
April is National Poetry Month here in the United States (and National Poetry Writing Month, hi
April 5, 2013
Diane T Sands
Stepping away from our previous animal focused Smackdowns, our focus today is Foeniculum vulgare, also known as common fennel. This culinary herb from the carrot family (Umbelliferae) is...
March 13, 2013
I'm always delighted when I find unexpected treasures in the archives. In addition to the species lists, invoices, and specimen images common in natural history archives, one can find all manner of...
February 28, 2013
Today we bring you a blog post from the past, describing in detail the tenacity of the dedicated collector.
February 22, 2013
Yesterday morning, California Academy of Sciences archivist, Heather Yager was looking through some documentation and stumbled upon quite a gem.
January 3, 2013
Diane T Sands
This Smackdown we feature the largest beetle in the world, Goliathus goliatus, often described as the largest and heaviest of all beetles
November 9, 2012
Diane T Sands
In this Illustration Smackdown, I take on Tracy Storer, author of the renowned "California Grizzly."
August 27, 2012
Diane T Sands
This month's Illustration Smackdown features The Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus.