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Composite of headshots from 2024 new Fellows, Fellows Medalists, and Distinguished Service Awardees

Top row (left to right): Alexis Jackson, PhD; Dave Catania; Elizabeth Kools; Daniel Costa, PhD; David Lindberg, PhD; Andrea Swei, PhD. Middle row (left to right): Sarah Jacobs, PhD; Jorge Ramos, PhD; Desiré Whitmore, PhD; Martín Tresguerres, PhD; Lucia Lohmann, PhD; Jaime Chaves, PhD. Bottom row (left to right): Don Hankins, PhD; Patricia Manley, PhD; Peter Alpert, PhD; Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD; Renato Aguilera, PhD; Scott Andrew Morrison, PhD.

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes 14 New Fellows, Bestows Four Prestigious Awards

The new members join the governing group of more than 500 distinguished scientists and other leaders.

SuperNatural returns to Cal Academy October 26
SuperNatural Halloween extravaganza returns to California Academy of Sciences on Saturday, October 26

Family-friendly evening includes a silent disco, trick-or-treating, live animal demos, face painting, & crafts

mock up design of the big picture 2024 exhibit, at the Piazza in the Academy with red-orange bubble highlights throughout the exhibit.
New Academy Exhibit Celebrates the Beauty of the Natural World through Incredible Wildlife Photography

The exhibit will feature winning images from the BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition.

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Five new trustees are pictured in close-cropped headshots

Clockwise from top left: Priya David Clemens, Will Evers, Staci Slaughter, Ahmed Muhammad, Enkhush Amarbal.

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Trustees

For the first time, the cohort includes two college student Youth Trustees.

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Exhibits
Animal Attraction, a New Aquarium Gallery at the California Academy of Sciences, Will Open on February 11, 2012
December 20, 2011

This revealing new exhibit explores some of the wildest mating strategies in the animal kingdom.

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LEED operations team on the Living Roof.
Building, Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences Receives Second LEED Platinum Rating From U.S. Green Building Council
September 27, 2011

The Academy is the world's largest "Double Platinum" building and the first museum to acheive this award.

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Animal News, Exhibits, Programs & Events
Free "Pocket Penguins" App For IPhone and Android to Offer 24/7 Views of the California Academy of Sciences' African Penguin Colony
July 5, 2011

The Pocket Penguins app offers users live views of our charismatic African Penguins 24 hours a day.

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Science & Sustainability
100-year-old bird specimens at the California Academy of Sciences help determine when avian pox hit Galapagos
January 13, 2011

3,607 birds housed at the Academy provided critical data for research about spread of Galapagos diseases.

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New species of starfish from Philippine waters
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
More Than 300 New Species Discovered in the Philippines during California Academy of Sciences Expedition
January 1, 2011

Scientists find additional evidence that the Philippines is one of the most species-rich places on the planet.

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Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences Appoints Three New Curators
January 1, 2011

Researchers' expertise lies in infectious viruses, African frogs, and tropical reef fishes

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Education, Leadership
California Academy of Sciences Selects Elizabeth Babcock As New Dean of Education
September 29, 2010

Meet Elizabeth Babcock, the Academy's New Dean of Education.

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Two parallel cutmarks made by stone tools on the rib of a cow sized mammal.
Science & Sustainability
Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use and Meat-Eating Among Human Ancestors
August 11, 2010

New finds from Ethiopia push tool use back by almost a million years.

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