Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. Daily, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Morrison Planetarium is where science comes alive on the big screen at the Academy. Led by the planetarium’s Senior Director Ryan Wyatt, our expert writers, artists, and producers transform tough ...

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 ...

“Everything about hummingbirds is extreme. They have this incredible hovering flight, with wing beat frequencies of 60 times per second, which is nuts. They have the highest metabolic rate for their ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 24, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences will celebrate the anniversary of its founding, known as “ Academy Day,” on Friday, April 4, with a plethora of fun and ...

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 ...

Fire has historically been an integral part of Indigenous culture in California; indeed, Native Californians used to light low-intensity fires so often that they burned more land than is razed by ...

The Academy is proud to be one of a handful institutions in the state that publicly displays a Moon rock sample. Learn more about this special rock during your next visit—and between September 4 and 9 ...

Unfortunately, like many other cultural nonprofit institutions in the Bay Area and beyond, the Academy is still recovering from the financial impacts of the pandemic as we work to solve a structural ...

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 ...

The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. Based in San ...

Established under the Academy’s Thriving California initiative, Youth Action for the Planet was created to address challenges Academy educators and staff heard young people describe: difficulty ...