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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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Fish in coral reef
Science & Sustainability
Academy Joins Forces with More Than 100 Zoos and Aquariums to Advance Global Goals to Protect Wildlife and Wild Places
October 10, 2023

Association of Zoos and Aquariums resolve to halt and reverse the world’s catastrophic decline in biodiversity.

BigPicture exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
Academy Celebrates BigPicture Exhibit 10th Anniversary with New Book Featuring Award-winning Female Wildlife Photographers
September 18, 2023

BigPicture is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new book Seeing It All featuring women photographers.

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Methuselah the lungfish pictured floating in her blue tank

photo by Gayle Laird

Animal News
California Academy of Sciences Reveals Age of World’s Oldest Living Aquarium Fish
September 18, 2023

Methuselah the nonagenarian Australian lungfish’s age comes just in time for Steinhart Aquarium’s centennial.

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Citizen scientists out on a nature walk in San Francisco.
Science & Sustainability
Thirty-two organizations announce Reimagining San Francisco, a new nature alliance to make the City healthier, greener, and more equitable
September 6, 2023

Nonprofit, city, state, & educational orgs have pledged to work together to improve the ecological health of SF

Steinhart Aquarium pictured on opening day in 1923.
Building, Exhibits, Programs & Events
California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium Celebrates 100 Years
August 21, 2023

Centennial celebrations include activations across the city, inside the museum, and more.

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California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.

California Academy of Sciences. © 2008 Tim Griffith

Leadership
Academy Welcomes Leaders for Two New Roles: Chief People and Culture Officer and Chief of Strategic Partnerships
August 16, 2023

Ayat Elnoory joins as Chief People and Culture Officer; Amber Mace joins as Chief of Strategic Partnerships.

Shannon Tushingham leading an archaeological field school.
Leadership, Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences Welcomes New Anthropology Curator
August 11, 2023

Shannon Tushingham, PhD, joins the Academy as an Associate Curator and Irvine Chair of Anthropology.

Blue acropora and anthias in the Verde Island Passage.
Science & Sustainability
Philippines’ Verde Island Passage receives “Hope Spot” designation
July 21, 2023

The new status paves the way for additional ocean protections to preserve the region’s marine biodiversity.

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