SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 26, 2025) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences and partners rediscovered a presumed-extinct black stony coral species in the Galápagos—its first sighting in 24 ...

McGuire and his Berkeley colleague, Robert Dudley, published a paper last week on the extreme evolution of hummingbirds. It’s an amazing tale that takes the small birds from one continent to another ...

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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 25, 2025) — A new study of coyote movement patterns published today in Ecology Letters challenges previous research that suggests ecological landscape features—like 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 ...

“The Forest Of The Monarchs,” a photo of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, taken by National Geographic Explorer Jaime Rojo won the 2024 BigPicture Grand Prize.

The deceased gray whale rests on Angel Island as researchers prepare for a necropsy. Photo courtesy Barbie Halaska, Marine Mammal Center If you are a journalist and would like to receive Academy press ...

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 ...

UPDATE (March 2): Mirage's brief but brilliant bloom has now ended. Thank you for visiting the museum, tuning in to the livestream, and being corpse flower-curious this past week. Enjoy the time-lapse ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 21, 2023) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 153 new animal, plant, and fungi species in 2023, enriching our understanding of Earth’s ...