Join us for an interactive storytime with books featuring incredible animals from Earth’s ancient past.

Join us for an imaginative program to learn what it would be like to transform into a splitfin flashlight fish!

At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...

How did life on Earth begin? Take a high-speed tour of key events since the Big Bang that set the stage for life. Starting with the first stars and ending with the tremendous biological diversity on ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 26, 2025) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences and partners rediscovered a presumed-extinct black stony coral species in the Galápagos—its first sighting in 24 ...

This image shows a progressive zoom-in on JWST’s COSMOS-Web deep field, which is 200 times larger than the Hubble Deep Field and contains nearly a million galaxies from the early universe to today.

A colorful new exhibition at the California Academy of Sciences reveals the surprising ways California nature connects people, places, and species—and how we can keep it thriving.

This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information. Representation of the Thunderbird and Gila Monster by Melvin Bainbridge, via the One Sky Project. Planetarium shows ...

Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for children 5–11, or related questions about kids and coronavirus? Tune in live to have them answered by two very special Breakfast Clubs guests: the Academy ...

Federal funding cuts are impacting science institutions across America—including the Academy. Our chief of science shares what’s at stake and how you can help.

Scientific Name: Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensisAge [Sex]: Adult [F] Collection Date: 21 Jun 1911 Locality: Santa Cruz IslandHigher Geography: North America, USA ...