SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 11, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences is gearing up to celebrate one of our most iconic residents: Claude, the beloved albino alligator, who turns 30 on September 15 ...

“Everything about hummingbirds is extreme. They have this incredible hovering flight, with wing beat frequencies of 60 times per second, which is nuts. They have the highest metabolic rate for their ...

A drawing of a Steller's sea cow, an extinct marine megaherbivore. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) If you are a journalist and would like to receive Academy press ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 17, 2025) —More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, and beneath the surface lies a hidden world. In Unseen Oceans, a new exhibition on view at the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 18, 2025) — Academy researchers and partners made the first discovery of both a new genus and species of plant in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years. The ...

Please note: Morrison Planetarium will be closed for maintenance Sept. 15–18.

Don’t tell Claude, but he’s not the only long-bodied, sharp-toothed, extremely chill species in Steinhart Aquarium. Lurking in the shadows across from the Swamp exhibit is a misunderstood fish that ...

Coyotes: You’ve seen them prowling through the park. You’ve heard their eerie nighttime howls. You’ve read about them snatching housepets. But did you know they’ve also lived in California for over ...

Lovebirds, human and otherwise, have long flocked to the California Academy of Sciences to connect with nature—and each other. Countless couples have hosted water-lit weddings at Steinhart Aquarium, ...

Please note: Morrison Planetarium will be closed for maintenance Sept. 15–18.

Words by Liz Lindqwister, photographs by Gayle Laird and Nicole Ravicchio. It’s been nearly three months since Osher Rainforest closed for infrastructure maintenance: Animals left their enclosures, ...

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