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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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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

Ornithologist Jack Dumbacher Named a Patterson Scholar at California Academy of Sciences

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

Vessel Strike is Likely Cause of Death for Gray Whale Near Alameda

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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Science & Sustainability
Citizen scientists across the globe unite for the City Nature Challenge April 24 – 27, 2020
March 30, 2020

This year, the City Nature Challenge focuses on international collaboration and the healing power of nature.

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Egg yolk jelly at the California Academy of Sciences

Kathryn Whitney © 2019 California Academy of Sciences

Animal News, Exhibits
Venom: Fangs, Stingers, and Spines opens at the California Academy of Sciences on March 27, 2020
February 20, 2020

New aquarium exhibit and larger-than-life animatronic models explore the mystery and power of venom on Earth.

Larger-than-life animatronic scorpion
Exhibits, Programs & Events
March 2020: What's On at the California Academy of Sciences
February 11, 2020

From our new exhibit Venom to meeting spiders in the rainforest,
the Academy is feeling the sting of spring!

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New herpetology curator, Rayna Bell, with frog
Science & Sustainability
The California Academy of Sciences welcomes new herpetology curator
January 27, 2020

Rayna Bell, African frog expert, joins the Academy’s Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability.

Fishing spider
Science & Sustainability
New study reveals a life aquatic for many spider species
January 15, 2020

Extent of aquatic-associated spider species suggests they’re pre-adapted to watery environments.

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Exhibits, Programs & Events
January 2020: What's On at the California Academy of Sciences
January 6, 2020

From research talks to new aquarium animals, the Academy is ringing in the new year by bringing on the science!

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Science & Sustainability
Four-hundred-eighty-million-year-old fossils reveal sea lilies’ ancient roots
December 12, 2019

New fossil animal named after the goddess Athena shows how sea lilies’ arms evolved.

Siphamia arnazae [© 2019 Mark Erdmann]
Science & Sustainability
Academy scientists describe 71 species in 2019
December 5, 2019

From geckos to goblin spiders, flowering plants, and island ants, these new species grow Earth's tree of life.

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