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, ...

Dónde la música y la memoria se encuentran. Join us for our fourth annual Día de los Muertos celebration, una noche en Michoacán, honoring tradition through art, music, and community. Gather with us ...

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. 9:30 a.m. Cal Academy opens at 9:30 a.m. Mon.–Sat. and 11 a.m. Sun. 10 a.m. Enjoy tea and a “performance” ...

Morrison Planetarium is the largest all-digital dome in the world. With a state-of-the art projector, visitors have an unparalleled view of the universe.

Prepare to cross over into the Twilight Zone, a newly refreshed exhibit in Steinhart Aquarium that unveils the dazzling marine life inhabiting mesophotic reefs 100 to 500 feet below the surface.

This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information. Kids ages 4-8 will love becoming penguin pros with 12+ hands-on activities organized by days of the week.

On the day after Thanksgiving 2011, Academy Ornithology and Mammalogy Collections Manager Moe Flannery’s phone rang: A dead orca had been reported washed up on a beach at Point Reyes National Seashore ...

Mandarin dragonets live in the western Pacific Ocean, from Hong Kong down to Australia. (Laos and the Federated States of Micronesia have both paid them tribute on postage stamps.) The species has not ...

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 ...

(9-12) As matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of living systems, chemical elements are recombined in different ways to form different products. As a result of these chemical ...

Scaffolds to help students create their plans Tips for more open-ended investigations An example story from a real classroom Because we know teachers appreciate seeing the results of using these ...

The Department of Ichthyology houses one of the largest and most important research collections of its kind in the world. There are over 200,000 cataloged lots (jars) containing roughly 1.6 million ...