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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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Our new digital learning course "Biodiversity" is available for free to science enthusiasts around the world.
From Aug. 1 to Nov. 2, the Academy will display winning images from its inaugural photo competition, BigPicture.
Round-eared elephant-shrew found in Namibia represents newest addition to the order Macroscelidea.
In its largest diving expedition, Academy scientists traveled to the Philippines' Verde Island Passage.
Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 91 new plant and animal species and two new genera.
Meet Dr. Meg Lowman, the Academy's inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability.
Meet the new Academy Fellows for 2013.
Meet the nine new members of the California Academy of Sciences' Board of Trustees.
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