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BigPicture exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
Academy Celebrates BigPicture Exhibit 10th Anniversary with New Book Featuring Award-winning Female Wildlife Photographers

BigPicture is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new book Seeing It All featuring women photographers.

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Methuselah the lungfish pictured floating in her blue tank

photo by Gayle Laird

California Academy of Sciences Reveals Age of World’s Oldest Living Aquarium Fish

Methuselah the nonagenarian Australian lungfish’s age comes just in time for Steinhart Aquarium’s centennial.

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Citizen scientists out on a nature walk in San Francisco.
Thirty-two organizations announce Reimagining San Francisco, a new nature alliance to make the City healthier, greener, and more equitable

Nonprofit, city, state, & educational orgs have pledged to work together to improve the ecological health of SF

Steinhart Aquarium pictured on opening day in 1923.
California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium Celebrates 100 Years

Centennial celebrations include activations across the city, inside the museum, and more.

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Cactus bees in a mating ball

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

Exhibits, Programs & Events
BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now open
December 1, 2022

World-renowned international photo competition awards awe-inspiring wildlife and conservation images.

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The California Academy of Sciences will leverage Picturae's conveyor belt technology to digitize 1 million CA botany specimens

Picturae’s state-of-the-art conveyor belt systems and technology will enable the Academy to digitize specimens ten times faster than before, generating roughly 4,000 images per day.

Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences Receives $2.4 Million to Digitize 1 Million California Botany Specimens
November 30, 2022

Democratized access to collections data will help guide conservation and management decisions across the state.

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Drawing of a Steller's sea cow

A drawing of a Steller's sea cow, an extinct marine megaherbivore. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Science & Sustainability
Academy researchers reveal how extinct Steller’s sea cow shaped kelp forests
November 28, 2022

Using a novel Past-Present-Future approach, the researchers uncovered the "sea cow effect" on kelp forests.

Corals in the Academy's Coral Spawning Lab
Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences researchers produce first-ever ‘family tree’ for aquarium-bred corals
November 14, 2022

Pedigree provides insights for maximizing genetic diversity and adaptability in corals bred for conservation.

Two African penguin chicks hatched at the California Academy of Sciences
Animal News
Two African Penguin Chicks Hatch at the California Academy of Sciences
November 10, 2022

Adorable additions support the long term health of endangered African penguin population.

Rows of brightly colored Easter egg weevils from the Academy collections.
Science & Sustainability
New study reveals how Easter egg weevils got their spots
October 24, 2022

Academy researchers use cutting-edge sequencing technology to determine origins of color mimicry in beetles.

Headshots of new members to Board of Trustees
Leadership
California Academy of Sciences welcomes Eight New Members to its Board of Trustees
October 13, 2022

The 39-member Board continues to be led by Board Chair Dan Janney.

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California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Academy Fellows.

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

Leadership, Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences welcomes 11 new Fellows, bestows three prestigious awards
October 11, 2022

The new Fellows join the governing group of more than 450 distinguished scientists and leaders.

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