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

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes 14 New Fellows, Bestows Two Prestigious Awards

The Academy announces its newest class of Fellows, comprised of distinguished scientists and researchers.

Milky Way’s evolution in reverse, spanning three billion years
New planetarium film, Spark: The Universe in Us, opens November 10 at the California Academy of Sciences

Narrated by Diego Luna, original all-digital production visualizes never-before-seen celestial events.

Coral releasing gamete bundles during an assisted spawning event in the Academy's Coral Regeneration Lab
California Academy of Sciences and Roatán Marine Park Receive $1.5 Million Grant for Coral Restoration in Honduras

The grant funds the first coral rearing lab in Honduras and the development of coral conservation techniques.

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Academy Joins Forces with More Than 100 Zoos and Aquariums to Advance Global Goals to Protect Wildlife and Wild Places

Association of Zoos and Aquariums resolve to halt and reverse the world’s catastrophic decline in biodiversity.

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This sunstar from the Galápagos is thought to be extinct.
Exhibits
California Academy of Sciences Unveils Hidden Wonders, a New Exhibition of Rare Specimens from the Academy’s Vast Scientific Collections
April 18, 2022

Hidden Wonders is the inaugural exhibition in the newly created Pauline and Tom Tusher Collections Gallery

Community scientists document wildlife using iNaturalist app
Programs & Events
Community scientists around the world celebrate the City Nature Challenge, April 29 - May 2, 2022
March 31, 2022

Challenge unites communities with nature and each other to document Earth's biodiversity

A vibrantly colored Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse
Science & Sustainability
Stunning new-to-science fairy wrasse is first-ever fish described by a Maldivian scientist
March 8, 2022

The species is added to the tree of life as part of the Academy’s global Hope for Reefs initiative

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Academy Careers in Science program honored with Presidential Award

California Academy of Sciences’ Careers in Science Intern Program Honored with Presidential Award.

Leadership
California Academy of Sciences’ Careers in Science Intern Program Honored with Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
February 10, 2022

Paid year-round science internship earned highest U.S. award for science and mathematics mentorship

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Leadership
California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Board Chair and six new members to its Board of Trustees
January 18, 2022

Dan Janney assumes the role of Board Chair, plus six new members have been elected to the Board of Trustees.

Ecologist Larry Serpa inside an emergence trap near the Garcia River
Science & Sustainability
Academy receives largest private collection of Western aquatic invertebrates
January 11, 2022

New addition makes museum home to the largest scientific collection of such species in the world

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Winning Diversity x Design contest posters are on display at the California Academy of Sciences
Exhibits
California Academy of Sciences announces winners of Diversity x Design Poster Contest
December 17, 2021

Winning Diversity x Design contest posters will be on view in the Children's Gallery, Dec. 21-Jan. 30

A new-to-science pygmy pipehorse from off the coast of Northland, New Zealand
Science & Sustainability
Academy scientists describe 70 new species in 2021
December 16, 2021

From forests to coral reefs, these new discoveries grow Earth’s tree of life

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