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Featured partners of NightLife Says Who

Top row (from left): Alex Hanna, Amy Fiedler, Aurora Cortes, Christine Cordero, Christine Liu, Deniss Martinez. Middle row (from left): Francesca Fiorentini, Kel Larkin, Naomi Garcia, Naomi Maisel, Nia Imara, Olivia VanDamme. Bottom row (from left): Panda Dulce, Rebekah Kim, Sarah Shimazaki, Sthefany Galante Bautista, VERA!, Walter Kitundu.

California Academy of Sciences launches all-new NightLife series: Says Who?

Three-part series uplifts systematically excluded voices in science and questions “storyteller privilege."

Yellow-crowned night heron from Texas
City Nature Challenge records over 1,870,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend

More than 66,300 community scientists participate in the Challenge's eighth year.

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Children measure a Sauropod femur.

Kids get a sense of Sauropod size with a glimpse at a huge fossil replica femur.

The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, an exciting exhibition about super-sized Sauropods, opens May 26 at the California Academy of Sciences

New exhibit delves into the biology and behavior of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk earth.

An iNaturalist user documents an observation on Yerba Buena Island.
Community scientists across the globe compete in City Nature Challenge, April 28 - May 1, 2023

Eighth annual Challenge unites people with nature around the world to document Earth's biodiversity.

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California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows © 2008 Tim Griffith

Leadership, Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, bestows annual awards
October 7, 2020

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, bestows annual awards. Virtual award ceremony October 13.

Academy reopening in October
Building, Exhibits
The California Academy of Sciences to welcome back visitors in October
September 29, 2020

The California Academy of Sciences plans to reopen on Tuesday, October 13. Members and donors visit first!

Big Astronomy
Programs & Events
New planetarium show Big Astronomy premieres September 26
September 21, 2020

The Academy's newest planetarium show transports viewers to epic observatories in Chile.

Wilsons warbler from the recent mass migratory bird die-off. © megolith
Science & Sustainability
Global nature observation network iNaturalist surpasses 50 million wild plant and animal observations
September 21, 2020

Global nature observation network iNaturalist surpasses 50 million wild plant and animal observations.

Sarah Jacobs joins the Academy as our newest botany curator
Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences welcomes new botany curator
September 15, 2020

Sarah Jacobs, western flora specialist, joins the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability.

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The Academy welcomes Derek Mitchell to its Board of Trustees

The Academy welcomes Derek Mitchell to its Board of Trustees

Leadership
The Academy welcomes new member to its Board of Trustees
July 22, 2020

The Academy welcomes Derek Mitchell to its Board of Trustees.

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Academy Chief Philanthropy Officer Mary Nemerov
Leadership
The California Academy of Sciences appoints Mary Nemerov as new Chief Philanthropy Officer
July 13, 2020

The California Academy of Sciences appoints Mary Nemerov as new Chief Philanthropy Officer.

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Aerial photo of the California Academy of Sciences and the Music Concourse
Leadership
A Statement from the Academy's Executive Director Dr. Scott Sampson
June 4, 2020

The Academy condemns the killing of George Floyd—and acknowledges that anti-racism must begin in our own house.

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