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Annual City Nature Challenge surpasses 1,690,000 wildlife observations in its seventh year.
By working together, animal data from living and scientific collections can better inform conservation
Exhibit showcases adaptations bugs have developed over millions of years and across a multitude of environments.
Annual Big Bang gala returns to the Academy on April 28, 2022
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iNaturalist.org's new series of maps connects the network's community to the natural world like never before.
Dr. Michelle Trautwein lends fly expertise to study on the evolution of insects.
The Osher Fellows program is an extension of more than 30 years of support from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Celebrate the winter holidays with a scientific twist from November 26, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Meet our new fellows and emeritus curators.
Meet the new members of our board of trustees.
San Francisco residents can enjoy fall and spring free admission weekends at the California Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Michelle Trautwein becomes the Academy's newest curator and Schlinger Chair of Dipterology.
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