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Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.
Browse the latest news from the Academy’s Press Office.
Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.
An international research team develops a rubric for governments to assess ocean acidification preparedness.
Effort connects more than a billion objects in scientific collections across 73 museums in 28 countries.
Annual fundraiser explores the Academy’s Islands 2030 initiative to reverse island biodiversity loss.
Submissions for world-renowned BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open
Academy receives grant as part of an NSF-funded project to generate the world's largest bee dataset
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, award ceremony to take place on October 5, 2021
New 2021 BigPicture Photography Competition exhibit showcases best in nature photography from across the globe
Tissue abnormalities found in oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
New planetarium show Living Worlds invites audiences to journey through the cosmos in search of life.
How poison birds and frogs avoid poisoning themselves holds clues to antidotes for deadly toxins
New exhibit opening June 24 highlights LGBTQ+ intersectional identities in STEMM
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