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BigPicture exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
Academy Celebrates BigPicture Exhibit 10th Anniversary with New Book Featuring Award-winning Female Wildlife Photographers

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

California Academy of Sciences Reveals Age of World’s Oldest Living Aquarium Fish

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.
Thirty-two organizations announce Reimagining San Francisco, a new nature alliance to make the City healthier, greener, and more equitable

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.
California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium Celebrates 100 Years

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

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Aerial shot of Academy exterior with Music Concourse in foreground and Sutro Tower in background
Leadership
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Board Chair and six new members to its Board of Trustees
January 18, 2022

Dan Janney assumes the role of Board Chair, plus six new members have been elected to the Board of Trustees.

Ecologist Larry Serpa inside an emergence trap near the Garcia River
Science & Sustainability
Academy receives largest private collection of Western aquatic invertebrates
January 11, 2022

New addition makes museum home to the largest scientific collection of such species in the world

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Winning Diversity x Design contest posters are on display at the California Academy of Sciences
Exhibits
California Academy of Sciences announces winners of Diversity x Design Poster Contest
December 17, 2021

Winning Diversity x Design contest posters will be on view in the Children's Gallery, Dec. 21-Jan. 30

A new-to-science pygmy pipehorse from off the coast of Northland, New Zealand
Science & Sustainability
Academy scientists describe 70 new species in 2021
December 16, 2021

From forests to coral reefs, these new discoveries grow Earth’s tree of life

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New Wander Woods exhibit inspires creativity and imaginative play and fosters meaningful connections with nature.
Building, Exhibits
New nature play and exploration space Wander Woods opens at the California Academy of Sciences on January 14, 2022
December 6, 2021

New outdoor playspace inspires creativity and imaginative play, fosters meaningful connections with nature.

Coral biologist Elora López-Nandam was honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30
Science & Sustainability
Academy Hope for Reefs researcher honored in Forbes 30 Under 30
December 1, 2021

Coral biologist Elora López-Nandam recognized by Forbes for research on coral resilience to climate change

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A grey kangaroo, joey in pouch, stands in a wildfire-burned eucalyptus plantation

"Hope in a Burned Plantation" by photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, BigPicture 2021 Grand Prize Winner

Programs & Events
Submissions for BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open
December 1, 2021

Submissions for world-renowned BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open

Bees from the scientific collections at the California Academy of Sciences
Science & Sustainability
Academy abuzz with $255,400 grant to digitize and democratize bee collection
October 28, 2021

Academy receives grant as part of an NSF-funded project to generate the world's largest bee dataset

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