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This year, the City Nature Challenge focuses on international collaboration and the healing power of nature.
New aquarium exhibit and larger-than-life animatronic models explore the mystery and power of venom on Earth.
Rayna Bell, African frog expert, joins the Academy’s Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability.
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From geckos to goblin spiders, flowering plants, and island ants, these new species grow Earth's tree of life.
Named for Black Panther’s Wakanda, a dazzling new fairy wrasse enchants with purple scales and hidden reef home.
Sampson, a renowned paleontologist and seasoned museum leader, will join the institution in September 2019.
New exhibit dives deep into the shape-shifting, color-changing, and ever-evolving science of skin.
Summer music series returns to the California Academy of Sciences from July through October.
Immersive experience invites users to hitch a ride on a jellyfish to encounter the mysteries of the deep ocean.
Endowed position is named in honor of William J. Patterson, former Chair of the Academy’s Board of Trustees.
Citizen scientists from around the globe document over 1100 rare, endangered, or threatened species.
Captivating images of life on Earth represent best in nature photography from around the world.
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