Snapshot Cal Coast is 10! From June 1 to June 30, help us document California's incredible coastal biodiversity on your own or at a bioblitz event near you. Every summer, the Academy's Center for ...

All party packages include up to 16 guests (adults and children over the age of 1). You are welcome to add additional guests onto your package at $40 per person (Aquarium Odyssey & Canopy Quest ...

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, ...

Subfamily Simenchelyinae Gill 1879 (pugnose parasitic eels) Subfamily Ilyophinae Jordan & Davis 1891 (arrowtooth eels or mustard eels) Subfamily Synaphobranchinae Johnson 1862 (cutthroat eels) ...

Our living roof is more than beautiful—it's the heart of the Academy. Weather stations on the roof monitor wind, rain, and changes in temperature to help inform the building's automated systems and ...

Visit the only place on Earth with an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum—all under one living roof. Embark on epic science adventures from the heart of Golden Gate Park!

The Academy exhibit closely mimics the penguins' natural environment through both its physical variability and changing climatic conditions. The physical features of the exhibit—water, rocky shore, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 16, 2021) — In 2021, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 70 new plant and animal species to the tree of life, enriching our understanding of Earth’s ...

“Everything about hummingbirds is extreme. They have this incredible hovering flight, with wing beat frequencies of 60 times per second, which is nuts. They have the highest metabolic rate for their ...

Says lead author Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada: “The question of how many species exist has intrigued scientists for centuries and the answer, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 28, 2023) — In a paper published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, an international research team composed of scientists affiliated with more than a dozen ...

Air pollution affects not only human health, but the health of other organisms, too. Take diesel fuel exhaust, known to cause cancer, heart and lung disease, and mental illness in humans. Responding ...