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Olivia Van Damme lays atop a tidepooling rock and uses her phone to photograph a species for city nature challenge.
Coastal bioblitz ‘Snapshot Cal Coast’ to provide a living account of sea life on California’s epic coastline

Snapshot Cal Coast encourages people from Del Norte to San Diego to connect with nature and explore the outdoors

The California: State of Nature exhibit opens at the California Academy of Sciences on May 24, 2024.
New Academy Exhibition "California: State of Nature" Brings the State’s Forests, Coasts, Deserts, and Cities to Life

Explore the the unexpected connections between the species, places, and people that enable California to thrive.

Three people stand/crouch at a tidepool in california during city nature challenge, in which they use iphones to take pictures of flora and fauna for inaturalist.
California Academy of Sciences Receives $3 million Grant for Biodiversity and Community Science from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The grant will help communities, researchers, and the government work together on state conservation efforts.

Great blue heron by the Golden Gate Bridge.
City Nature Challenge records 2.4 million wildlife observations from more than 83,000 participants in a single weekend

Data from community scientists informs species conservation, enhances understanding of global biodiversity.

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New Wander Woods exhibit inspires creativity and imaginative play and fosters meaningful connections with nature.
Building, Exhibits
New nature play and exploration space Wander Woods opens at the California Academy of Sciences on January 14, 2022
December 6, 2021

New outdoor playspace inspires creativity and imaginative play, fosters meaningful connections with nature.

Coral biologist Elora López-Nandam was honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30
Science & Sustainability
Academy Hope for Reefs researcher honored in Forbes 30 Under 30
December 1, 2021

Coral biologist Elora López-Nandam recognized by Forbes for research on coral resilience to climate change

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A grey kangaroo, joey in pouch, stands in a wildfire-burned eucalyptus plantation

"Hope in a Burned Plantation" by photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, BigPicture 2021 Grand Prize Winner

Programs & Events
Submissions for BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open
December 1, 2021

Submissions for world-renowned BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open

Bees from the scientific collections at the California Academy of Sciences
Science & Sustainability
Academy abuzz with $255,400 grant to digitize and democratize bee collection
October 28, 2021

Academy receives grant as part of an NSF-funded project to generate the world's largest bee dataset

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Aerial view of the California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows. (© 2008 Tim Griffith)

Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, bestows annual awards
September 28, 2021

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, award ceremony to take place on October 5, 2021

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Grand Prize winning image "Hope in a Burned Plantation" by Jo-Anne McArthur shows a kangaroo in a burned eucalyptus plantation

BigPicture 2021 Grand Prize winning image "Hope in a Burned Plantation" by Jo-Anne McArthur

Exhibits
Winning images from the California Academy of Sciences’ annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition to go on exhibit October 16, 2021
September 15, 2021

New 2021 BigPicture Photography Competition exhibit showcases best in nature photography from across the globe

Eastern oyster from Chesapeake Bay
Science & Sustainability
Tissue abnormalities found in oysters years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
September 7, 2021

Tissue abnormalities found in oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Technosignatures aid scientists in the search for life in the solar system and beyond.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
New original planetarium show, Living Worlds, opens November 5 at the California Academy of Sciences
August 16, 2021

New planetarium show Living Worlds invites audiences to journey through the cosmos in search of life.

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