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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.
Meet Elizabeth Babcock, the Academy's New Dean of Education.
New finds from Ethiopia push tool use back by almost a million years.
The Academy's innovative building earns the highest sustainability rating of any museum in the world.
Learn why the new California Academy of Sciences is one of San Francisco's must-see destinations.
The Academy's new 212,000-gallon aquarium tank holds the world's deepest living coral reef display.
Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged brings his expertise in early human evolution to his new role as anthropology chair.
Proposed protected areas will preserve the maximum number of species.
The California Academy of Sciences is constructing a dynamic new facility in Golden Gate Park.
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