SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 31, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences and partners at Roatán Marine Park (RMP) in Honduras recently opened the first land-based coral rearing facility in Central ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 21, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences and partners at The Marine Mammal Center can confirm the unfortunate news that 24 whales have died in the wider San Francisco Bay ...

Our Biological Illustration internship allows undergrads to work with Academy scientists while creating scientific illustrations of biological specimens.

At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...

Join us for an imaginative program to learn what it would be like to transform into a splitfin flashlight fish!

Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.

30 years young and still iconic. Celebrate the coolest alligator with albinism at a birthday bash like no other.

When the lights dim, the museum comes alive at NightLife. With live DJs, hand-crafted drinks, glowing lights, and 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism ...

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 (June 8, 2015) — Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences are celebrating World Ocean’s Day with a slew of brand new marine discoveries—more than 100 species that are likely ...