Aha! moments from the Academy

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Pearl Sonoda holds up a specimen suspended in a jar in the fish collections at the Academy, in a black and white vintage photograph.
Behind the scenes
The Unsung Heroines of the California Academy of Sciences
March 29, 2024
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BigPicture 2023 Grand Prize winner Corey Arnold poses with the winning image on exhibit at the Academy
On exhibit
Capturing the Moment in the Concrete Jungle
March 27, 2024
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Behind the scenes
Black at the Academy: Past, Presence, Future
February 23, 2024
A butterfly resting on Mirage, the Academy's corpse flower
On exhibit
It’s Alive! Our Corpse Flower Is Blooming
February 22, 2024
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Seven African penguins (black and white with striped heads) waddle around red felt hearts in their enclosure.
Behind the scenes
Animal Sex in the City
February 14, 2024
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Veterinarian measures a moray eel with a tape measure during an exam.
Behind the scenes
The Most Challenging Veterinary Checkup? That’s a Moray
February 7, 2024
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Halgerda mesophotica, a sea slug, sits atop stony coral. it is white and semi translucent with black and brown stripes.
In the field
What Makes a New Species a New Species?
December 21, 2023
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A young girl watches the Foucault pendulum knock down pins at the Academy
Behind the scenes
12 Months of Phenomenal Science
December 15, 2023
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Gregg Castro and Shannon Tushingham pose in front of a redwood round in the Giants of Land and Sea exhibition in Cal Academy.
In the field
Meet the Writer and Activist Fusing Indigenous and Western Science
November 30, 2023

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