SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 16, 2025) — On Thursday, April 24, the California Academy of Sciences will celebrate the intersection of science and technology at its annual fundraising gala Big Bang and ...

Researchers are tracking hummingbirds' remarkable evolution from millions of years ago to the future.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 17, 2025) —More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, and beneath the surface lies a hidden world. In Unseen Oceans, a new exhibition on view at the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 20, 2025) — This spring, walk among prehistoric giants as 13 life-size animatronic dinosaurs take over both of the California Academy of Sciences’ outdoor gardens in our ...

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 (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 ...

If the sight of our satellite sets your heart aflutter, make a stop at the Academy’s 3.7-billion-year-old Moon rock—no giant leaps required.

Journey from internment camp to the high seas with Tomio Iwamoto, one of the Academy’s longest-serving staffers.

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 ...

Maybe *do* hold your breath: Osher Rainforest’s famously fetid corpse flower has unfurled its very first bloom.

Here at the California Academy of Sciences, our researchers know a thing or two about the birds and the bees.