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A gaze of raccoons (six visible) perks up as a car peels by in Golden Gate Park. They are illuminated against a dark backdrop.

A gaze of raccoons perks up as a car peels by in Golden Gate Park. This image and five others were included in the photo story “Cities Gone Wild” by Corey Arnold, who won the 2023 BigPicture Grand Prize.

2024 BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition is now open

In its 11th year, the competition focuses a visual lens on the extraordinary wonders of the natural world.

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An aerial complete shot of the California Academy of Sciences, featuring views of Golden Gate Park, a rolling hill.

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

California Academy of Sciences Welcomes 14 New Fellows, Bestows Two Prestigious Awards

The Academy announces its newest class of Fellows, comprised of distinguished scientists and researchers.

Milky Way’s evolution in reverse, spanning three billion years
New planetarium film, Spark: The Universe in Us, opens November 10 at the California Academy of Sciences

Narrated by Diego Luna, original all-digital production visualizes never-before-seen celestial events.

Coral releasing gamete bundles during an assisted spawning event in the Academy's Coral Regeneration Lab
California Academy of Sciences and Roatán Marine Park Receive $1.5 Million Grant for Coral Restoration in Honduras

The grant funds the first coral rearing lab in Honduras and the development of coral conservation techniques.

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3D Earth: Rainforests

Photo by Rob Nelson

Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
3D Earth: Rainforests now showing
February 5, 2016

Live 3D show follows Academy scientists deep into the rainforest to explore rich, global ecosystems.

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Chelyabinsk meteor
Exhibits, Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
Incoming! planetarium show opens March 11, 2016
February 1, 2016

The Academy's latest show to explore asteroids, comets, and the hard-hitting stories of our cosmic origins.

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BigPicture 2015 Grand Prize Winner: "Flying Egrets" by Zsolt Kudich (Budapest, Hungary).

Programs & Events, Science & Sustainability
BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition now accepting submissions
January 22, 2016

Third annual photo competition seeks captivating images of life on Earth.

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Programs & Events
February 2016: Programs and Events at the California Academy of Sciences
January 12, 2016

New 3D show!
3D Earth: Rainforests
Opens February 5, 2016

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Flipside Science

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Education
Youth-powered video series Flipside Science explores science solutions from a new perspective
January 12, 2016

Videos hosted by teens make complex environmental topics relevant for peers and more accessible for educators.

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Animal News, Science & Sustainability
103 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2015
December 16, 2015

From unknown African frogs to electric rays and animal viruses, these discoveries add to Earth’s tree of life.

Michelle Trautwein
Science & Sustainability
Scientists say face mites evolved alongside humans since the dawn of human origins
December 13, 2015

New study says that people from different regions host different mite lineages, supports “Out of Africa" theory

Brian Fisher Academy
Science & Sustainability
California Academy of Sciences Entomologist Brian Fisher Awarded Fulbright Scholar Grant
December 7, 2015

San Francisco’s own “Ant-Man” to study ants and climate on extended Mozambique expedition

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