Join us at Party After Dark as the entire museum celebrates Urban Wild, reimagining the future of healthy cities and people, and walk with us into a world where nature is a vital part of everyday life ...

Former Senior Director, International Biodiversity Conservation Division, National Parks Board of Singapore A distinguished conservationist with more than 45 years of experience, Dr. Lena Chan served ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 2, 2025) — It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude was an iconic California ...

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The Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences is at the forefront of efforts to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and ...

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

In this new study, however, the researchers took a more detailed look at both adults and juveniles of the multicolored marvel, measuring and counting various features, such as the color of adult males ...

Big Bend National Park was authorized by Congress in 1935 to preserve and protect a representative area of the Chihuahuan Desert along the Rio Grande for the benefit and enjoyment of present and ...

A drawing of a Steller's sea cow, an extinct marine megaherbivore. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) If you are a journalist and would like to receive Academy press ...