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Featured partners of NightLife Says Who

Top row (from left): Alex Hanna, Amy Fiedler, Aurora Cortes, Christine Cordero, Christine Liu, Deniss Martinez. Middle row (from left): Francesca Fiorentini, Kel Larkin, Naomi Garcia, Naomi Maisel, Nia Imara, Olivia VanDamme. Bottom row (from left): Panda Dulce, Rebekah Kim, Sarah Shimazaki, Sthefany Galante Bautista, VERA!, Walter Kitundu.

California Academy of Sciences launches all-new NightLife series: Says Who?

Three-part series uplifts systematically excluded voices in science and questions “storyteller privilege."

Yellow-crowned night heron from Texas
City Nature Challenge records over 1,870,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend

More than 66,300 community scientists participate in the Challenge's eighth year.

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Children measure a Sauropod femur.

Kids get a sense of Sauropod size with a glimpse at a huge fossil replica femur.

The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, an exciting exhibition about super-sized Sauropods, opens May 26 at the California Academy of Sciences

New exhibit delves into the biology and behavior of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk earth.

An iNaturalist user documents an observation on Yerba Buena Island.
Community scientists across the globe compete in City Nature Challenge, April 28 - May 1, 2023

Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.

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Leadership
An Update from the Academy’s Executive Director Dr. Scott Sampson
May 26, 2020

An update shared with Academy staff on May 26, 2020.

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BigPicture 2020 Grand Prize Winner

"Hare Ball" by photographer Andy Parkinson, BigPicture 2020 Grand Prize Winner

Science & Sustainability
Winning images from the Academy's annual BigPicture photography competition announced
May 4, 2020

Stunning images of Earth and its lifeforms represent the best nature and wildlife photographers in the world.

North Philippine Temple Pitviper seen during City Nature Challenge
Science & Sustainability
City Nature Challenge tallies over 815,000 wildlife observations
May 4, 2020

41,000+ citizen scientists—some while sheltering in place—provided important urban biodiversity observations.

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Science & Sustainability
Citizen scientists across the globe unite for the City Nature Challenge April 24 – 27, 2020
March 30, 2020

This year, the City Nature Challenge focuses on international collaboration and the healing power of nature.

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Egg yolk jelly at the California Academy of Sciences

Kathryn Whitney © 2019 California Academy of Sciences

Animal News, Exhibits
Venom: Fangs, Stingers, and Spines opens at the California Academy of Sciences on March 27, 2020
February 20, 2020

New aquarium exhibit and larger-than-life animatronic models explore the mystery and power of venom on Earth.

Larger-than-life animatronic scorpion
Exhibits, Programs & Events
March 2020: What's On at the California Academy of Sciences
February 11, 2020

From our new exhibit Venom to meeting spiders in the rainforest,
the Academy is feeling the sting of spring!

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New herpetology curator, Rayna Bell, with frog
Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences welcomes new herpetology curator
January 27, 2020

Rayna Bell, African frog expert, joins the Academy’s Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability.

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Science & Sustainability
New study reveals a life aquatic for many spider species
January 15, 2020

Extent of aquatic-associated spider species suggests they’re pre-adapted to watery environments.

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