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BigPicture exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
Academy Celebrates BigPicture Exhibit 10th Anniversary with New Book Featuring Award-winning Female Wildlife Photographers

BigPicture is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new book Seeing It All featuring women photographers.

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Methuselah the lungfish pictured floating in her blue tank

photo by Gayle Laird

California Academy of Sciences Reveals Age of World’s Oldest Living Aquarium Fish

Methuselah the nonagenarian Australian lungfish’s age comes just in time for Steinhart Aquarium’s centennial.

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Citizen scientists out on a nature walk in San Francisco.
Thirty-two organizations announce Reimagining San Francisco, a new nature alliance to make the City healthier, greener, and more equitable

Nonprofit, city, state, & educational orgs have pledged to work together to improve the ecological health of SF

Steinhart Aquarium pictured on opening day in 1923.
California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium Celebrates 100 Years

Centennial celebrations include activations across the city, inside the museum, and more.

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BigPicture exhibit
Exhibits
Winning images from the Academy's annual BigPicture photography competition to go on exhibit July 26
July 18, 2019

Breathtaking images represent best in nature photography from around the world.

female Cirrhilabrus wakanda fairy wrasse
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
Wakanda Forever! Scientific divers describe new purple species of “twilight zone” fish from Africa
July 11, 2019

Named for Black Panther’s Wakanda, a dazzling new fairy wrasse enchants with purple scales and hidden reef home.

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Scott Sampson
Leadership
California Academy of Sciences appoints Dr. Scott Sampson as new executive director
June 13, 2019

Sampson, a renowned paleontologist and seasoned museum leader, will join the institution in September 2019.

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Skin exhibit
Exhibits
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity opens at the Academy on June 14, 2019
June 3, 2019

New exhibit dives deep into the shape-shifting, color-changing, and ever-evolving science of skin.

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NightLife LIVE 2019
Programs & Events
NightLife LIVE announces 2019 summer concert lineup and artist-in-residence Maggie West
June 3, 2019

Summer music series returns to the California Academy of Sciences from July through October.

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VR jelly

Photo by Peter Parks

Exhibits, Science & Sustainability
Drop in the Ocean, a social VR experience, to make public debut at the Academy from May 24-July 14, 2019
May 23, 2019

Immersive experience invites users to hitch a ride on a jellyfish to encounter the mysteries of the deep ocean.

Dr. Rebecca Albright
Leadership, Science & Sustainability
Coral biologist Rebecca Albright appointed as Patterson Scholar at the California Academy of Sciences
May 15, 2019

Endowed position is named in honor of William J. Patterson, former Chair of the Academy’s Board of Trustees.

© 2019 Rémi Cardinael
Science & Sustainability
City Nature Challenge results in nearly 1 million wildlife observations
May 6, 2019

Citizen scientists from around the globe document over 1100 rare, endangered, or threatened species.

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