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The new members join the governing group of more than 500 distinguished scientists and other leaders.
Family-friendly evening includes a silent disco, trick-or-treating, live animal demos, face painting, & crafts
The exhibit will feature winning images from the BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition.
For the first time, the cohort includes two college student Youth Trustees.
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Appointment coincides with the island’s new status as a United Nations World Biosphere Reserve.
Learn about NightLife, the Academy's weekly Thursday night party.
The rare Larger Pacific Striped Octopus is notable for its unusual mating habits and dramatic coloration.
Male chick is the first to hatch since the new Academy opened in 2008.
A high-speed tour of the past 200 million years will unearth the science behind our ever-changing planet.
Quake simulator, ostriches, hands-on programs, and more unearth the science behind our ever-changing planet.
The California Academy of Sciences and KQED have developed a new multi-touch eBook about earthquakes.
From clawed spiders to deep-sea sharks, these 2012 discoveries add to the family tree of life on Earth.
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