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Three people stand/crouch at a tidepool in california during city nature challenge, in which they use iphones to take pictures of flora and fauna for inaturalist.
California Academy of Sciences Receives $3 million Grant for Biodiversity and Community Science from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The grant will help communities, researchers, and the government work together on state conservation efforts.

Great blue heron by the Golden Gate Bridge.
City Nature Challenge records 2.4 million wildlife observations from more than 83,000 participants in a single weekend

Data from community scientists informs species conservation, enhances understanding of global biodiversity.

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Jack Dumbacher stands against a sunlit cluster of trees near Caples Creek, wearing a striped button down shirt and a wide brimmed hat.

Since 2003, Jack Dumbacher has served as the Academy's curator of ornithology and mammalogy, using both fieldwork and collections to advance research on birds worldwide. Gayle Laird © California Academy of Sciences

Ornithologist Jack Dumbacher Named a Patterson Scholar at California Academy of Sciences

The curator of birds and mammals is recognized for his collaborative research on biodiversity and conservation.

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A dead gray whale rests on a beach on Angel Island with the ocean right behind it, Golden Gate Bridge and a tugboat visible in the background.

The deceased gray whale rests on Angel Island as researchers prepare for a necropsy. Photo courtesy Barbie Halaska, Marine Mammal Center

Vessel Strike is Likely Cause of Death for Gray Whale Near Alameda

The whale’s death is the first in the San Francisco Bay Area since the end of the Unusual Mortality Event.

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A bear climbing over a porch in North Carolina
Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
Winning images from the Academy's 10th annual BigPicture photography competition announced
June 15, 2023

Images representing the world's best nature photography will be displayed at the museum this fall.

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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.

Programs & Events
California Academy of Sciences launches all-new NightLife series: Says Who?
May 8, 2023

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

Yellow-crowned night heron from Texas
Animal News, Programs & Events
City Nature Challenge records over 1,870,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend
May 8, 2023

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.

Exhibits
The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, an exciting exhibition about super-sized Sauropods, opens May 26 at the California Academy of Sciences
April 13, 2023

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.
Programs & Events
Community scientists across the globe compete in City Nature Challenge, April 28 - May 1, 2023
March 30, 2023

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

A vibrant and colorful coral reef in the Maldives
Science & Sustainability
How to prepare for ocean acidification
March 28, 2023

An international research team develops a rubric for governments to assess ocean acidification preparedness.

Entomology specimens at the California Academy of Sciences.
Science & Sustainability
Academy Joins Global Natural History Initiative to Build Groundbreaking Database for Tackling 21st Century Challenges
March 23, 2023

Effort connects more than a billion objects in scientific collections across 73 museums in 28 countries.

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Big Bang Gala speakers

Top row (from left): Hilda C. Heine, Ed.D.; Rayna Bell, PhD; Lauren Esposito, PhD. Bottom row (from left): Marie Christina Kolo; Selina N. Leem; Madame Gandhi.

Programs & Events
California Academy of Sciences’ Big Bang Gala Spotlights Island Biodiversity Conservation
March 20, 2023

Annual fundraiser explores the Academy’s Islands 2030 initiative to reverse island biodiversity loss.

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