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Academy receives grant as part of an NSF-funded project to generate the world's largest bee dataset
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, award ceremony to take place on October 5, 2021
New 2021 BigPicture Photography Competition exhibit showcases best in nature photography from across the globe
Tissue abnormalities found in oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
New planetarium show Living Worlds invites audiences to journey through the cosmos in search of life.
How poison birds and frogs avoid poisoning themselves holds clues to antidotes for deadly toxins
New exhibit opening June 24 highlights LGBTQ+ intersectional identities in STEMM
Academy biologist Luiz Rocha wins 2021 Rolex Award for Enterprise for research on mesophotic coral reefs
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