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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 view of the California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows. (© 2008 Tim Griffith)

Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, bestows annual awards
September 28, 2021

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, award ceremony to take place on October 5, 2021

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Grand Prize winning image "Hope in a Burned Plantation" by Jo-Anne McArthur shows a kangaroo in a burned eucalyptus plantation

BigPicture 2021 Grand Prize winning image "Hope in a Burned Plantation" by Jo-Anne McArthur

Exhibits
Winning images from the California Academy of Sciences’ annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition to go on exhibit October 16, 2021
September 15, 2021

New 2021 BigPicture Photography Competition exhibit showcases best in nature photography from across the globe

Eastern oyster from Chesapeake Bay
Science & Sustainability
Tissue abnormalities found in oysters years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
September 7, 2021

Tissue abnormalities found in oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Technosignatures aid scientists in the search for life in the solar system and beyond.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
New original planetarium show, Living Worlds, opens November 5 at the California Academy of Sciences
August 16, 2021

New planetarium show Living Worlds invites audiences to journey through the cosmos in search of life.

A Pitohui bird from New Guinea
Science & Sustainability
Poison birds and frogs hold clues to antidotes for deadly toxins
August 5, 2021

How poison birds and frogs avoid poisoning themselves holds clues to antidotes for deadly toxins

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Compilation image of STEMM researchers and scientists featured in New Science exhibit

New Science exhibit highlights gender minorities of color working in STEMM fields.

Exhibits
New exhibit opening June 24 highlights LGBTQ+ intersectional identities in STEMM
June 22, 2021

New exhibit opening June 24 highlights LGBTQ+ intersectional identities in STEMM

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Academy biologist Luiz Rocha preparing for a dive
Science & Sustainability
Academy biologist Luiz Rocha wins 2021 Rolex Award for Enterprise
June 18, 2021

Academy biologist Luiz Rocha wins 2021 Rolex Award for Enterprise for research on mesophotic coral reefs

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A community scientist makes a wildlife observation

A community scientist makes a wildlife observation along the California coast. (© Calla Allison)

Science & Sustainability
Data from community science is underutilized; new study aims to change that
June 11, 2021

New paper provides framework for how community science data can reach its full potential

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