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Featured Releases
This year researchers collaborated to describe 213 new-to-science species from five continents and three oceans.
BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition opens, awarding prizes for the best nature and wildlife photos
Partners join forces to target meaningful biodiversity protections.
The Academy's newest planetarium show transports viewers to epic observatories in Chile.
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Education, Leadership
September 29, 2010
Meet Elizabeth Babcock, the Academy's New Dean of Education.
Science & Sustainability
August 11, 2010
New finds from Ethiopia push tool use back by almost a million years.
Building, Science & Sustainability
October 8, 2008
The Academy's innovative building earns the highest sustainability rating of any museum in the world.
Building, Exhibits, Programs & Events
September 27, 2008
Learn why the new California Academy of Sciences is one of San Francisco's must-see destinations.
Exhibits
August 28, 2008
The Academy's new 212,000-gallon aquarium tank holds the world's deepest living coral reef display.
Science & Sustainability
June 4, 2008
Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged brings his expertise in early human evolution to his new role as anthropology chair.
Science & Sustainability
April 7, 2008
Proposed protected areas will preserve the maximum number of species.
Building, Exhibits
January 1, 2008
The California Academy of Sciences is constructing a dynamic new facility in Golden Gate Park.
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