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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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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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Animal News, Science & Sustainability
103 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2015
December 16, 2015

From unknown African frogs to electric rays and animal viruses, these discoveries add to Earth’s tree of life.

Michelle Trautwein
Science & Sustainability
Scientists say face mites evolved alongside humans since the dawn of human origins
December 13, 2015

New study says that people from different regions host different mite lineages, supports “Out of Africa" theory

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Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences Entomologist Brian Fisher Awarded Fulbright Scholar Grant
December 7, 2015

San Francisco’s own “Ant-Man” to study ants and climate on extended Mozambique expedition

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Programs & Events
January 2016: Programs and Events at the California Academy of Sciences
December 3, 2015

New year; new reasons to fall in love with science (all over again)

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Bennett will serve as Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections beginning on January 1, 2016.

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California Academy of Sciences selects Dr. Shannon Bennett as next Chief of Science and Dean of Research
November 23, 2015

Bennett will serve as Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections beginning in 2016.

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Exhibits, Programs & Events
December 2015: What's On at the California Academy of Sciences
November 5, 2015

‘Tis the Season for Science is almost here—enjoy live reindeer, indoor snow flurries, holiday music, and more!

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Sea otters in Habitat Earth
Education, Science & Sustainability
The Academy brings award-winning science visualization to the classroom
October 28, 2015

Classrooms can now enjoy an immersive, world-class planetarium experience for free.

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Snowman Theater

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Programs & Events
November 2015: Programs and Events at the California Academy of Sciences
October 6, 2015

November's fun includes live bats, an out-of-this world sleepover, 'Tis the Season for Science, and more!

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