Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. Daily, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Join us as we venture "Into the Deep" to find all sorts of amazingly adapted animals. Daily @ ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 4, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce the promotion of Cathy Estelle to Chief Sales and Operations Officer, a newly created role that leverages ...

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 ...

Home. The California Academy of Sciences is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 28, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences has received a $3.6 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to continue digitizing the Academy’s vast botany ...

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 ...

Alligator gar are considered “living fossils” because they have changed very little in over 100 million years.Learn more at Science magazine >> Covered in thick, tough ganoid scales, alligator gar ...

Fire has historically been an integral part of Indigenous culture in California; indeed, Native Californians used to light low-intensity fires so often that they burned more land than is razed by ...

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 ...

An organizational update for donors, members, and visitors. July 2, 2024. In light of recent media reports about the California Academy of Sciences’s financial challenges, I am writing to provide you ...

Originally native to what is now California, Canis latrans dates back to the Pleistocene epoch, living alongside mammoths, giant ground sloths, and saber-tooth cats. With the onset of colonization and ...

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 ...