This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information. Join us as we venture "Into the Deep" to find all sorts of amazingly adapted animals. Daily @ 11 a.m. Join us as we ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 29, 2025) — This June, California families can explore tidepools, marshes, and beaches all while contributing to biodiversity science and conservation. The annual community ...

“Everything about hummingbirds is extreme. They have this incredible hovering flight, with wing beat frequencies of 60 times per second, which is nuts. They have the highest metabolic rate for their ...

During Dino Days, visitors can also explore a diverse collection of prehistoric specimens on display near the T. Rex skeleton in the lobby, including a dinosaur leg bone and coprolite (fossilized poop ...

Before the initial digitization project started, a fraction of the Academy’s botany specimens were fully digitized (with high resolution images and transcribed label data, including location and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 19, 2024) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 138 new animal, plant, and fungi species in 2024, enriching our understanding of Earth’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 15, 2024) — The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce that 14 new members will join the ranks of the Academy Fellows, a governing group of more than 500 ...

In June 2023, a juvenile male coyote about 11 months old was struck and killed by a car on Portola Drive in the Diamond Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Sadly, this is an all-too-common ...

Two augmented reality experiences bring the iconic California species condors and bobcats to life inside the museum. The Shake House, a fan-favorite earthquake simulator, returns with a new focus on ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 9, 2024) – The California Academy of Sciences has received a $3 million, five-year grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to bolster biodiversity data collection and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 30, 2024) — A gray whale found floating off the coast of Alameda on April 20th likely died due to blunt force trauma from a vessel strike, according to a recent necropsy ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 18, 2024) — The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce that Curator of Geology Peter Roopnarine, PhD, and Morrison Planetarium Senior Director Ryan Wyatt have ...