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Three African penguins are pictured standing inside a habitat
California Academy of Sciences’ Innovative Tendon Surgery on African Penguin Chick Published in Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Groundbreaking step for avian veterinary medicine helped adorable chick Iggie heal from a common crippling issue

A silver haired biologist lifts a large orange sea star from a Yeti cooler
Critically Endangered Sunflower Sea Stars Now on Exhibit at California Academy of Sciences

Three massive adult stars join the giant Pacific octopus habitat, and juvenile stars are on exhibit as well.

A lemur is pictured leaping from one cliff to another
Announcing the Winners of the California Academy of Sciences’ 12th Annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

Revealed on Nature Photography Day, winning images show scenes of a beautiful, yet fragile, planet

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Cathy Estelle is pictured from the shoulders up - with a tweed blazer, green necklace, short hair and hoop earrings
California Academy of Sciences Promotes Cathy Estelle to Chief Sales and Operations Officer

Longtime Academy leader to focus on streamlined operations and sustainable revenue growth.

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NightLife LIVE performers in the West Garden, 2023.
Programs & Events
NightLife takes live music to the next level with weekly concert series, Remix, this August at the California Academy of Sciences
June 27, 2024

Four-part concert series features leading artists in hip hop, rock, R&B, indie pop, and jazz.

Thousands of monarch butterflies cluster on fir branches in a forest streaked with sunlight.
Exhibits, Programs & Events
Winning images from the California Academy of Sciences’s 11th annual BigPicture photography competition announced
June 18, 2024

Audiences can now vote in the first-ever People's Choice competition, awarding the world's best nature photos.

Olivia Van Damme lays atop a tidepooling rock and uses her phone to photograph a species for city nature challenge.
Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
Coastal bioblitz ‘Snapshot Cal Coast’ to provide a living account of sea life on California’s epic coastline
May 30, 2024

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.
Building, Exhibits, Programs & Events
New Academy Exhibition "California: State of Nature" Brings the State’s Forests, Coasts, Deserts, and Cities to Life
May 16, 2024

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.
Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences Receives $3 million Grant for Biodiversity and Community Science from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
May 9, 2024

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

Great blue heron by the Golden Gate Bridge.
Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
City Nature Challenge records 2.4 million wildlife observations from more than 83,000 participants in a single weekend
May 6, 2024

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

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Jack Dumbacher stands against a sunlit cluster of trees near Caples Creek, wearing a striped button down shirt and a wide brimmed hat.

Since 2003, Jack Dumbacher has served as the Academy's curator of ornithology and mammalogy, using both fieldwork and collections to advance research on birds worldwide. Gayle Laird © California Academy of Sciences

Leadership, Science & Sustainability
Ornithologist Jack Dumbacher Named a Patterson Scholar at California Academy of Sciences
May 2, 2024

The curator of birds and mammals is recognized for his collaborative research on biodiversity and conservation.

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A dead gray whale rests on a beach on Angel Island with the ocean right behind it, Golden Gate Bridge and a tugboat visible in the background.

The deceased gray whale rests on Angel Island as researchers prepare for a necropsy. Photo courtesy Barbie Halaska, Marine Mammal Center

Science & Sustainability
Vessel Strike is Likely Cause of Death for Gray Whale Near Alameda
April 30, 2024

The whale’s death is the first in the San Francisco Bay Area since the end of the Unusual Mortality Event.

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