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The curator of birds and mammals is recognized for his collaborative research on biodiversity and conservation.
The whale’s death is the first in the San Francisco Bay Area since the end of the Unusual Mortality Event.
Statement by Paige Laduzinsky, senior exhibit content developer, California Academy of Sciences.
Roopnarine and Wyatt are honored for their contributions to scientific research, advocacy, and education.
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Watch a colorful nudibranch crawl across your desk or be circled by a green sea turtle with new Snapchat Lenses.
Summer music series returns to the Academy from July through October.
Scientific divers at the California Academy of Sciences engineer a portable chamber to study new fishes.
New exhibit explores the giant natural phenomena that make Northern California like nowhere else on the planet.
Endangered chicks are part of important Species Survival Plan, aimed at sustaining African penguin populations.
Citizen scientists from around the globe submit over 400,000 iNaturalist observations of wildlife.
Annual fundraiser on May 10 to feature talks by scientific innovators, live DJ set by T-Pain, and more.
Third-annual competition will document global biodiversity using iNaturalist. Results announced May 4.
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