Says lead author Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada: “The question of how many species exist has intrigued scientists for centuries and the answer, ...

“For a while it was uncertain whether or not lionfish would extend into the South Atlantic,” says Academy Curator of Ichthyology and study co-author Luiz Rocha. “Now that we know they are here, it is ...

Cal Academy opens at 9:30 a.m. Mon.–Sat. and 11 a.m. Sun. 10:15 a.m. Learn about animals' senses—including your own!—through this interactive Sensory Storytime. Daily, 10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Learn ...

From Ocean Beach to the Embarcadero, San Francisco’s coyotes are a howling, prowling reminder that city limits are invisible to wild animals. Despite being indigenous to this famously welcoming city, ...

Dónde la música y la memoria se encuentran. Join us for our fourth annual Día de los Muertos celebration, una noche en Michoacán, honoring tradition through art, music, and community. Gather with us ...

Mandarin dragonets live in the western Pacific Ocean, from Hong Kong down to Australia. (Laos and the Federated States of Micronesia have both paid them tribute on postage stamps.) The species has not ...

Thank you for your interest in the Careers in Science (CiS) Intern Program at the California Academy of Sciences. CiS is a year-round, multi-year, science education and youth development program for ...

Next Generation Science Standards: 5-ESS1.A; Using Models; Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information; Analyzing and Interpreting Data; Engaging in Argument from Evidence This resource was ...

Borneo is the third largest island on our planet (larger than Madagascar!) and its rainforest is one of the oldest in the world. The rainforest is home to thousands of species, including orangutans ...

The latest dinosaur sweeping the science blogosphere? The hump-backed Concavenator. Yeah, I thought the name was a joke, too, until I read the articles. According to an article published this week in ...

If geochronology is “the science of determining the ages of earth materials” (according to the center’s website), then Renne must know his gnat’s eyebrow. For those of us lay-folk, it’s about 5,000 ...

A recent study in Science demonstrates that high-mass stars are more often found in partnerships rather than alone. These partnered O-type stars possess about 15 times more mass than our sun and shine ...