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Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. Daily, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Join us for an imaginative program to learn what it would be like to transform into a splitfin flashlight fish!
At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...
30 years young and still iconic. Celebrate the coolest alligator with albinism at a birthday bash like no other.
The Shake House transports you back in time to 1989 and 1906, when two devastating earthquakes along the San Andreas shook the San Francisco Bay Area and changed the face of our region forever. By ...
Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.
When the lights dim, the museum comes alive at NightLife. With live DJs, hand-crafted drinks, glowing lights, and 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 21, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences and partners at The Marine Mammal Center can confirm ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 8, 2022) — Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition is the first-ever to be formally described—the ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 20, 2022) — In 2022, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 146 new animal, plant, and fungi species to the tree of life, enriching our understanding of ...
Researchers are tracking hummingbirds' remarkable evolution from millions of years ago to the future.