Participating in Snapshot Cal Coast is as easy and fun as a day at the beach. Get started in six easy steps: Download the iNaturalist app for iOS or Android.; Create an account to start making ...

California's forests inspire awe and engage our senses. Meet a mounted specimen of Monarch, one of California's last grizzly bears; marvel at a mammoth cross-section of a redwood tree; view virtual ...

In 2006, the Academy's Dr. Zeray Alemseged reported finding a 3.3 million-year-old fossil in Ethiopia—the skeleton of a 3-year-old Australopithecus afarensis child. Nicknamed “Selam,” the discovery ...

Glow Below: A Flashlight Fish Show Daily; 1:00 p.m. Piazza. Have you ever wanted to transform into another animal? Join us for this imaginative program where the audience imagines what it would be ...

CATALOG OF SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding Apidae) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski. Available on the internet since September 2003. Introduction. This catalog covers the families ...

Planetarium shows are included with Daytime Admission, but capacity is limited for the safety of our guests and staff. Reservations are required and are available on a first-come, first-served basis: ...

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, ...

Teacher tip: Start this activity by making sure students have washed their hands. They will have the option to eat their cookies later. Pass out the cookies, plates, and one Cookie Mining Worksheet ...

The multi-colored beauty of bird eggs comes from two pigments. The palette is simple, but its purpose is complex. Look closely at the comet moth’s eyespots—they’re intricate studies in color, and ...

Phase II of Hope for Reefs is underway!See how we'll be scaling up our work over the next five years.. Hope for Reefs is a global initiative led by the California Academy of Sciences to research and ...

Take an expedition with us to investigate the amazing diversity of life on this planet. Designed to appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the diversity of life, the course uses hand-drawn ...

VIP Tours Daily, 10 and 11 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. For ages 8+ Public: $26.95 plus Daytime Admission Members: $21.56 (discount applied after login) ...