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Annual community science effort returns for its seventh year of documenting coastal biodiversity in California
Hope for Reefs joins global network of Ocean Decade partners dedicated to reversing the decline of Earth’s ocean
BigPicture Photography Competition announces Grand Prize winning image
Annual City Nature Challenge surpasses 1,690,000 wildlife observations in its seventh year.
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City Nature Challenge records over 1,250,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend
Researchers from Academy find that São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth
NightLife, the Academy’s iconic adults-only evening event, returns Thursday, May 13th
California Academy of Sciences launches Diversity x Design Poster Contest for Bay Area high school students
Academy researchers say framework for classifying coral species needs to be expanded for conservation success
Community scientists around the world celebrate the sixth-annual City Nature Challenge at the end of April
The Academy stands in solidarity with the AAPI community and calls for an immediate end to anti-Asian violence.
Characterizing how ancient life responded to environmental stressors provides modern-day insights.
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