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Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.
Browse the latest news from the Academy’s Press Office.
Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.
An international research team develops a rubric for governments to assess ocean acidification preparedness.
Effort connects more than a billion objects in scientific collections across 73 museums in 28 countries.
Annual fundraiser explores the Academy’s Islands 2030 initiative to reverse island biodiversity loss.
Dr. Michelle Trautwein lends fly expertise to study on the evolution of insects.
The Osher Fellows program is an extension of more than 30 years of support from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Celebrate the winter holidays with a scientific twist from November 26, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Meet our new fellows and emeritus curators.
Meet the new members of our board of trustees.
San Francisco residents can enjoy fall and spring free admission weekends at the California Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Michelle Trautwein becomes the Academy's newest curator and Schlinger Chair of Dipterology.
A team led by Academy curator David Blackburn is awarded grant to support biodiversity research in Africa.
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