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Did you know that over 30% of all plant and vertebrate species in the United States occur in California? And that about 30% of California species are at risk of extinction? Since 2018, California ...

The Center for Comparative Genomics (CCG) serves as the Academy's central hub for genomics and sequencing. Our facilities include a fully-equipped genomics laboratory, a frozen DNA CryoCollection, and ...

Bugs, an exhibition created by Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and Weta Workshop (the creative studio behind the Lord of the Rings films’ fantastical sets), reveals the secrets of insects and ...

Examine the skull casts of three early hominid species, then watch as their faces appear, thanks to “Pepper’s Ghost” optical illusion technology. Compare the distinctive gaits of a chimpanzee, ...

Accessibility for all Science is for people of all ages and abilities, which is why the Academy partnered with Lighthouse for the Blind and the Arc of San Francisco to develop Nature Lab’s inclusive ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI ...

Over the past few years, Marine Mammal Stranding Network – West Coast Region responders have had difficulties responding to stranded animals on beaches with nesting endangered bird species, ...

We may not have fireflies in California, but we do have glowing millipedes. And while fireflies light up to warn predators they taste bad the millipedes warn predators of something a little more ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 15, 2024) — In a historic reintroduction that further restores native ecosystems in San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences and Presidio Trust released Silvery Blue ...

If geochronology is “the science of determining the ages of earth materials” (according to the center’s website), then Renne must know his gnat’s eyebrow. For those of us lay-folk, it’s about 5,000 ...