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The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 ...

Fascinating Fossils Good pterosaur fossils are hard to find in the field, but prepare to hit pay dirt at the Academy. Examine a variety of fossil specimens from around the world, including a cast from ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 18, 2025) — Academy researchers and partners made the first discovery of both a new genus and species of plant in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 8, 2022) — Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition is the first-ever to be formally described—the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 15, 2022) — California now has two new scorpions on its list of species, thanks to the efforts of two keen-eyed high school students from the Bay Area and the California ...

Proving that our vast and dynamic planet still harbors unexplored places with never-before-recorded plants and animals, the scientists made their finds across six continents and three oceans, from ...

SAN FRANCISCO (December 17, 2015) — In 2015, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 103 new plant and animal species to our family tree, enriching our understanding of Earth’s complex ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 12, 2023) — In a paper published today in Nature, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, University of São Paulo, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, and ...

“The Permian-Triassic extinction serves as a model for studying biodiversity loss on our planet today,” says Academy Curator of Geology Peter Roopnarine, PhD. “In this study, we determined that ...

Says lead author Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada: “The question of how many species exist has intrigued scientists for centuries and the answer, ...