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SuperNatural returns to Cal Academy October 26

SuperNatural Halloween extravaganza returns to California Academy of Sciences on Saturday, October 26

Family-friendly evening includes a silent disco, trick-or-treating, live animal demos, face painting, & crafts

mock up design of the big picture 2024 exhibit, at the Piazza in the Academy with red-orange bubble highlights throughout the exhibit.

New Academy Exhibit Celebrates the Beauty of the Natural World through Incredible Wildlife Photography

The exhibit will feature winning images from the BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition.

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Five new trustees are pictured in close-cropped headshots

Clockwise from top left: Priya David Clemens, Will Evers, Staci Slaughter, Ahmed Muhammad, Enkhush Amarbal.

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Trustees

For the first time, the cohort includes two college student Youth Trustees.

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Artist rendering of the icy Europa moon surface, with spacecraft and Jupiter in the background

Artist rendering of the Europa Clipper mission.

California Academy of Sciences to host NASA’s exhibit “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” Sept. 4-9, 2024

Gear up for the Oct. 2024 mission launch with interactive exhibits, captivating models, and NASA experts on hand

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Education

California Academy of Sciences Receives $2.1 Million to Support California Science Education

July 6, 2022

Academy awarded $2.1 million in state budget funds to support Thriving California Environmental Learning Plan

Community scientists identify seaweed using iNaturalist app

Programs & Events

Coastal bioblitz to provide a living snapshot of sea life along California’s epic coastline

June 14, 2022

Annual community science effort returns for its seventh year of documenting coastal biodiversity in California

Coral biologist Alejandra Hernández in a submersible during a Hope for Reefs expedition

Science & Sustainability

California Academy of Sciences’ Hope for Reefs initiative endorsed by UN Ocean Decade

June 8, 2022

Hope for Reefs joins global network of Ocean Decade partners dedicated to reversing the decline of Earth’s ocean

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Several male cactus bees form a mating ball on the ground

"Bee Balling" by photographer Karine Aigner, BigPicture 2022 Grand Prize Winner

Programs & Events

Winning Images from the Academy's annual BigPicture photography competition announced

June 8, 2022

BigPicture Photography Competition announces Grand Prize winning image

A bloom of blue blubber jellyfish spotted off the coast of Sydney.

Programs & Events

City Nature Challenge records over 1,690,000 wildlife observations in a single weekend

May 9, 2022

Annual City Nature Challenge surpasses 1,690,000 wildlife observations in its seventh year.

Philippine Coral Reef exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences

Animal News, Science & Sustainability

Scholars seek greater collaboration between zoos, aquariums, and natural history museums

April 21, 2022

By working together, animal data from living and scientific collections can better inform conservation

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A large-scale model of an orchid mantis demonstrates her camouflage

A large-scale model of an orchid mantis demonstrates her camouflage in the new Bugs exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences. (Kate Whitley © 2016 Te Papa)

Exhibits

Bugs opens May 27 at the California Academy of Sciences

April 21, 2022

Exhibit showcases adaptations bugs have developed over millions of years and across a multitude of environments.

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