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mock up design of the big picture 2024 exhibit, at the Piazza in the Academy with red-orange bubble highlights throughout the exhibit.
New Academy Exhibit Celebrates the Beauty of the Natural World through Incredible Wildlife Photography

The exhibit will feature winning images from the BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition.

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Five new trustees are pictured in close-cropped headshots

Clockwise from top left: Priya David Clemens, Will Evers, Staci Slaughter, Ahmed Muhammad, Enkhush Amarbal.

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Trustees

For the first time, the cohort includes two college student Youth Trustees.

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Artist rendering of the icy Europa moon surface, with spacecraft and Jupiter in the background

Artist rendering of the Europa Clipper mission.

California Academy of Sciences to host NASA’s exhibit “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” Sept. 4-9, 2024

Gear up for the Oct. 2024 mission launch with interactive exhibits, captivating models, and NASA experts on hand

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Estefanía Pihen González is pictured outdoors in a white blazer and blue blouse.
California Academy of Sciences Announces New Chief of Education and Learning

Estefanía Pihen González brings over 15 years of experience in sustainability education in diverse communities.

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Exhibits, Science & Sustainability
Deep-diving scientists say deep "twilight zone" reefs are vulnerable to threats challenging shallow reefs
July 12, 2018

Deep mesophotic reefs are unique systems bursting with life and deserving of lasting protection.

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Exhibits, Science & Sustainability
Winning images from the Academy's annual BigPicture photography competition to go on exhibit July 27
July 9, 2018

48 top images represent the best in nature and conservation photography from around the world.

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Science & Sustainability
The Academy and National Geographic Society join forces to enhance global wildlife observation network iNaturalist
June 26, 2018

A growing user community helps observe and monitor more than 165,000 species around the world.

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Nudibranch in aquarium

With the Academy's new Snapchat Lenses, take a colorful and charismatic nudibranch wherever you go.

Education, Science & Sustainability
New Snapchat Lenses bring coral reefs to life—anywhere you are
June 19, 2018

Watch a colorful nudibranch crawl across your desk or be circled by a green sea turtle with new Snapchat Lenses.

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Programs & Events
NightLife LIVE announces lineup for summer 2018 concerts
June 11, 2018

Summer music series returns to the Academy from July through October.

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Science & Sustainability
New invention safely transports unknown, deep-dwelling fishes to the ocean’s surface
June 1, 2018

Scientific divers at the California Academy of Sciences engineer a portable chamber to study new fishes.

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Exhibits, Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
Giants of Land and Sea exhibit opens June 15
May 24, 2018

New exhibit explores the giant natural phenomena that make Northern California like nowhere else on the planet.

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African penguin chicks learn to swim

African penguin chicks in "fish school," where they learn to swim and eat fish from a biologist before joining adult birds on exhibit.

Animal News, Science & Sustainability
Two new chicks join California Academy of Sciences’ African penguin colony
May 15, 2018

Endangered chicks are part of important Species Survival Plan, aimed at sustaining African penguin populations.

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