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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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Citizen scientists out on a nature walk in San Francisco.
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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Children at an exhibit during 'Tis the Season for Science
Exhibits, Programs & Events
'Tis the Season for Science Returns to the California Academy of Sciences
October 21, 2014

Celebrate the winter holidays with a scientific twist from November 26, 2014 – January 4, 2015

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Leadership
California Academy of Sciences Welcomes New Fellows, 
Bestows Annual Awards
October 10, 2014

Meet our new fellows and emeritus curators.

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Leadership
Four New Members Elected to Serve on the California Academy of Sciences’ Board of Trustees
September 29, 2014

Meet the new members of our board of trustees.

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Programs & Events
San Francisco Neighborhood Free Weekends Announced for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
September 11, 2014

San Francisco residents can enjoy fall and spring free admission weekends at the California Academy of Sciences.

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Trautwein in the Amazon
Science & Sustainability
Academy Welcomes Newest Curator; Appoints New Schlinger Chair of Dipterology
August 15, 2014

Dr. Michelle Trautwein becomes the Academy's newest curator and Schlinger Chair of Dipterology.

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Science & Sustainability
Academy Researchers Awarded Grant for Biodiversity Data and Access by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation
August 12, 2014

A team led by Academy curator David Blackburn is awarded grant to support biodiversity research in Africa.

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A Russells viper in India
Science & Sustainability
Experimental Trial Represents Promising Step Toward Universal Antidote For Snakebite
May 28, 2014

An Academy researcher has taken another promising step toward developing a universal snakebite antidote.

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Herpetology specimens
Science & Sustainability
Scientific Collections Play Vital Role in Conservation Biology
May 22, 2014

The value of scientific collections is vast and their impact on populations is minimal.

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