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Academy awarded $2.1 million in state budget funds to support Thriving California Environmental Learning Plan
Annual community science effort returns for its seventh year of documenting coastal biodiversity in California
Hope for Reefs joins global network of Ocean Decade partners dedicated to reversing the decline of Earth’s ocean
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Science & Sustainability
January 1, 2011
Researchers' expertise lies in infectious viruses, African frogs, and tropical reef fishes
Animal News, Science & Sustainability
January 1, 2011
Scientists find additional evidence that the Philippines is one of the most species-rich places on the planet.
Education, Leadership
September 29, 2010
Meet Elizabeth Babcock, the Academy's New Dean of Education.
Science & Sustainability
August 11, 2010
New finds from Ethiopia push tool use back by almost a million years.
Building, Science & Sustainability
October 8, 2008
The Academy's innovative building earns the highest sustainability rating of any museum in the world.
Building, Exhibits, Programs & Events
September 27, 2008
Learn why the new California Academy of Sciences is one of San Francisco's must-see destinations.
Exhibits
August 28, 2008
The Academy's new 212,000-gallon aquarium tank holds the world's deepest living coral reef display.
Science & Sustainability
June 4, 2008
Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged brings his expertise in early human evolution to his new role as anthropology chair.
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